diff --git a/roles/shell/tasks/minecraft.yml b/roles/shell/tasks/minecraft.yml
index 36e60b8..c02233d 100644
--- a/roles/shell/tasks/minecraft.yml
+++ b/roles/shell/tasks/minecraft.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     owner: minecraft
     group: minecraft
     mode: 0770
-    recurse: yes
 
 - name: Install minecraft target
   copy:
diff --git a/roles/shell/tasks/znc.yml b/roles/shell/tasks/znc.yml
index bebb23c..d5e782f 100644
--- a/roles/shell/tasks/znc.yml
+++ b/roles/shell/tasks/znc.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     owner: znc
     group: root
     mode: 0770
-    recurse: yes
 
 - name: Create znc run dir
   file: