diff --git a/roles/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index 2578c4e3ef..5bd2c78527 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,16 +22,9 @@
   - gitolite
   - packages
 
-- name: create the folder where we store the git repositories
-  action: file state=directory
-               path=/srv/git
-               owner=root group=root mode=0755
-  tags:
-  - gitolite
-  - pagure
-
 - name: Rename the user gitolite into git
   command: usermod --move-home --login git --home /srv/git/ gitolite
+           creates=/srv/git/
   tags:
   - gitolite
   - pagure