diff --git a/tasks/create_unix_user.yaml b/tasks/create_unix_user.yaml
index 14354bd..33bfa86 100644
--- a/tasks/create_unix_user.yaml
+++ b/tasks/create_unix_user.yaml
@@ -30,18 +30,12 @@
       msg: "Determined device {{ _unix_users_btrfs_device.stdout }} does not have a btrfs filesystem"
     when: _unix_users_device_filesystem != 'btrfs'
 
+  # The subvolume stays root owned until the user exists. It is chowned further below, after the user was created.
   - name: "Create btrfs volume for unix user: {{ unix_user.key }}"
     community.general.btrfs_subvolume:
       filesystem_device: "{{ _unix_users_btrfs_device.stdout }}"
       name: "{{ user_user_home }}"
       state: present
-  - name: "Adapt home dir permissions"
-    ansible.builtin.file:
-      path: "{{ user_user_home }}"
-      owner: "{{ unix_user.key }}"
-      group: "{{ unix_user.value.group | default('users') }}"
-      state: directory
-      mode: "0755"
 
 - name: "Create unix user without additional groups and uid: {{ unix_user.key }}"
   ansible.builtin.user: