diff --git a/master.yml b/master.yml
index 48025cc..422d930 100644
--- a/master.yml
+++ b/master.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     - name: Remove bad base dir.
       file:
         state: absent
-        recurse: true
+        path: /srv/salt/base
       become: true
       when: base_git_state.stat.exists