diff --git a/ansible/roles/ssh_host_keys/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ssh_host_keys/tasks/main.yml
index aed8c6211cfe139aca551f7c1ece1977ed21ef32..b163bc7c29dd83422ebd2b73e70343b04a2b7eea 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ssh_host_keys/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ssh_host_keys/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
     path: /tmp/ssh_keys
     state: directory
     mode: '0755'
-  args:
-    creates: /tmp/ssh_keys
 
 - name: Download SSH host keys tar.gz from S3
   aws_s3: