diff --git a/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index 5011e7b8f38591ca709caf86ea81c12aee0760d0..187af99d3b879ae9c1a00db207f3dc87ac5bf7f8 100644
--- a/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-gpu/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ build {
     ]
     roles_path = "./ansible/roles"
     extra_arguments = [
-      "--scp-extra-args", "'-O'",
       "--extra-vars", "root_ssh_key='${var.root_ssh_key}'"
     ]
   }