diff --git a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
index 9751720e6d62aa5fb8f6844e0e6bae5ec553858a..e2c1d78bf064d3f3cedbad74774efd7edc7b7e64 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     state: present
     uid: 450
     group: slurm
+    create_home: false
 
 - name: Copy munge key
   ansible.builtin.copy: