diff --git a/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/defaults/main.yml b/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/defaults/main.yml
index 609b7d2..e2a0f37 100644
--- a/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/defaults/main.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ nova_cgroup_device_acl:
   - /dev/hpet
   - /dev/vfio/vfio
 huge_page_sizes: "{{ non_numa_huge_pages | union(numa_huge_pages) | map(attribute='size') | unique | list }}"
-huge_page_dirs_mode: +t,ug=rwx,o-rwx
 neutron_ovs_bridge:
   "{%- set ovs_br_list = NOV_KVM | provided_data('ovs_bridge') -%}
    {%- if ovs_br_list | length > 0 -%}
diff --git a/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/tasks/configure.yml b/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/tasks/configure.yml
index 6c95310..889e918 100644
--- a/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/roles/NOV-CMP-KVM/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ libvirt_qemu_user }}"
     group: "root"
-    mode: "{{ huge_page_dirs_mode }"
   with_items:
     total_huge_pages
   when: