diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
index d939abed96..77b4d3203f 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: spin it up
-  local_action: ec2 keypair={{ keypair }} image={{ image }} type={{ instance_type }} wait=true group={{ security_group }} ec2_access_key={{ transient_access_key }} ec2_secret_key={{ transient_secret_key }} ec2_url={{ os_ec2_url }} user_data={{ ec2_userdata }}
+  local_action: ec2 keypair={{ keypair }} image={{ image }} type={{ instance_type }} wait=true group={{ security_group }} ec2_access_key={{ transient_access_key }} ec2_secret_key={{ transient_secret_key }} ec2_url={{ os_ec2_url }}
   register: inst_res
 
 - name: add it to the special group