diff --git a/playbooks/tasks/fetch-borg-keys.yml b/playbooks/tasks/fetch-borg-keys.yml
index 778dd698e0927abeaacb4f8286b0eaab9da26f6d..0d50fc16d4bb0a1804b678a2d5a91617d1d92dc5 100644
--- a/playbooks/tasks/fetch-borg-keys.yml
+++ b/playbooks/tasks/fetch-borg-keys.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   hosts: 127.0.0.1
   tasks:
       - name: create borg-keys directory
-        file: path="{{ playbook_dir }}/../../borg-keys/" state=directory mode=preserve  # noqa 208
+        file: path="{{ playbook_dir }}/../../borg-keys/" state=directory # noqa 208
 
 - name: fetch borg keys
   hosts: borg_clients