diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/fetch_dir.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/fetch_dir.yml
index df8f80ef2..4ab24e295 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/fetch_dir.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/fetch_dir.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@
         path: "{{ tripleo_ceph_client_fetch_dir }}/"
       when: clean
     - name: Create ceph_client_fetch_dir for the current execution
-      become: true
       tags: 'build_fetch_dir'
       file:
         path: "{{ tripleo_ceph_client_fetch_dir }}"
         state: directory
-        owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
       when: build
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_work_dir/tasks/prepare.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_work_dir/tasks/prepare.yml
index 9ef421420..5e41349c2 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_work_dir/tasks/prepare.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_work_dir/tasks/prepare.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@
 # under the License.
 
 - name: create ceph-ansible temp dirs
-  become: true
   file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: directory
-    owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
   with_items:
     - "{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible"
     - "{{ playbook_dir }}/ceph-ansible/group_vars"