diff --git a/manifests/main/dirs.pp b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
index 5347846..94b973a 100644
--- a/manifests/main/dirs.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class confdroid_gitea::main::dirs (
       mode    => '0750',
       owner   => $ga_user,
       group   => $ga_user,
-      recurse => true,
     }
 
     file { [
@@ -36,14 +35,12 @@ class confdroid_gitea::main::dirs (
       mode    => '0750',
       owner   => $ga_user,
       group   => $ga_user,
-      recurse => true,
     }
     file { $ga_conf_dir:
       ensure  => 'directory',
       mode    => '0770',
       owner   => 'root',
       group   => $ga_user,
-      recurse => true,
     }
   }
 }