diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 523822b..5eac29f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ cephx: true
 # A list of the IP addresses for your Ceph monitors
 ceph_mons: []
 
-# User, wich is used for establishing SSH connection to ceph_mons
-ceph_mon_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
-
 # Path to local ceph.conf file
 # Leave this commented to obtain a ceph.conf from one of the monitors defined in ceph_mons
 #ceph_conf_file: |
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_auth.yml b/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
index 5c61c14..23a642d 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
   changed_when: false
   delegate_to: '{{ ceph_mon_host }}'
   register: ceph_client_keyrings
-  remote_user: '{{ ceph_mon_user }}'
   until: ceph_client_keyrings is success
   retries: 3
   tags:
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups.nova_compute
   changed_when: false
   delegate_to: '{{ ceph_mon_host }}'
-  remote_user: '{{ ceph_mon_user }}'
   register: ceph_nova_secret
   tags:
     - always
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_config.yml b/tasks/ceph_config.yml
index 219f886..34c146f 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_config.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     src: /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
   register: ceph_conf_content_mon
   delegate_to: '{{ ceph_mon_host }}'
-  remote_user: '{{ ceph_mon_user }}'
   changed_when: false
   when:
     - ceph_conf_file is not defined
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml b/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml
index 341be90..b24b1ff 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_get_mon_host.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
     -o ConnectTimeout=6
     -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
     -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no
-    -l "{{ ceph_mon_user }}"
-    -p "{{ ansible_port|default('22') }}"
     {{ item }}
     exit
   with_items: "{{ ceph_mons }}"