diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ea52ab2..d445324 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,5 +17,3 @@
   copy:
     src: "excludes.txt"
     dest: "/etc/restic/excludes.txt"
-    remote_src: yes
-    mode: "751"