diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml
index ae7c5d8cc0efc6146332adea2332f33d057f82fc..9e50200f61ea654bcafb2f027dd6cd6f5c73ae66 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/master/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
      archive: no
      checksum: yes
      times: yes
+     set_remote_user: false
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['downloader'][0] }}"
 
 - name: Perms kubectl binary
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/install.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/install.yml
index 6fd5b1e921633fb4ad03fdb38cab784905e0bb97..9fa4398f564c6fa7d079680c0324cf7488de3bb4 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/install.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
      dest: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubelet"
      times: yes
      archive: no
+     set_remote_user: false
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['downloader'][0] }}"
   notify:
     - restart kubelet
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
     dest: "/usr/libexec/kubernetes/kubelet-plugins/net/exec/calico/calico"
     times: yes
     archive: no
+    set_remote_user: false
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['downloader'][0] }}"
   when: kube_network_plugin == "calico"
   notify: restart kubelet
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/tasks/calico.yml b/roles/network_plugin/tasks/calico.yml
index b7b53a2e16cce4fdc7c83ddace29b426dc33f242..79064239943e1ccc8c550edf5f5ed165a4e366bc 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/tasks/calico.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/tasks/calico.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     dest: "{{ bin_dir }}/calicoctl"
     archive: no
     times: yes
+    set_remote_user: false
   delegate_to: "{{ groups['downloader'][0] }}"
   notify: restart calico-node