diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/qemu.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/qemu.conf.j2
index 1127ef0a2b056b5b9080bf54c9d70b703b53c609..b926b7bb3f3df9c699dd66e5216160b65fad32a3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/qemu.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/qemu.conf.j2
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 stdio_handler = "file"
 
-{% if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'centos', 'oraclelinux']%}
-# TODO: this workaround need to be fixed in Pike
-# libvirt-bin latest version which runs vms as libvirt-qemu user.
-# This locks access to nova created files for vms which have
-# permissions 722 for nova user. We need to force qemu to use this user
-# to be able to access vm files.
-# see https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla-ansible/+bug/1668654
-# see https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla/+bug/1718541
 user = "nova"
 group = "nova"
-{% endif %}