diff --git a/roles/debian/aws_efs_client/tasks/fstab.yml b/roles/debian/aws_efs_client/tasks/fstab.yml
index 7236a8c00..0b7aac6bb 100644
--- a/roles/debian/aws_efs_client/tasks/fstab.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/aws_efs_client/tasks/fstab.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ mount.owner }}"
     group: "{{ mount.group }}"
-    recurse: true
 
 - name: Create fstab entry.
   ansible.posix.mount: