diff --git a/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index cccebc3a4bebf6dd5a5a53bbee5c26d5afd4818f..f145db75fba426589ee1ec886734f3432e7327af 100644
--- a/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-compute/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ build {
     ]
     roles_path = "./ansible/roles"
     extra_arguments = [
-      "--scp-extra-args", "'-O'",
       "--extra-vars", "root_ssh_key='${var.root_ssh_key}'"
     ]
   }
diff --git a/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index 705ba96bf0bf4480f404f82c1df12bd42408eab0..7be45828bce5122cb7603b5dad65c76c522bbc1f 100644
--- a/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ build {
     ]
     roles_path = "./ansible/roles"
     extra_arguments = [
-      "--scp-extra-args", "'-O'",
       "--extra-vars", "root_ssh_key='${var.root_ssh_key}'"
     ]
   }
diff --git a/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index 7988088e8fba1b6dd664a5b12b4d3bd557e4cb1a..539ec77f228a8a2ffdfa54f2da9c17c784edaa5b 100644
--- a/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ build {
     ]
     roles_path = "./ansible/roles"
     extra_arguments = [
-      "--scp-extra-args", "'-O'",
       "--extra-vars", "root_ssh_key='${var.root_ssh_key}'"
     ]
   }