diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml b/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
index c53f85ce1..0522a48df 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/download_file.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
       owner: "{{ download.owner | default(omit) }}"
       mode: "0755"
       state: directory
-      recurse: true
 
   - name: Download_file | Create local cache directory
     file: