diff --git a/playbooks/roles/git_clone/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/git_clone/tasks/main.yml
index 09d3bf32dff..bad56a2c0c2 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/git_clone/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/git_clone/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 - name: Check that working tree is clean
   shell: test ! -e "{{ item }}" || git -C "{{ item }}" status --porcelain --untracked-files=no
   register: dirty_files
+  become_user: "{{ repo_owner }}"
   # Using the map here means that the items will only be the DESTINATION strings,
   # rather than the full GIT_REPOS structures, which have data we don't want to log,
   # so we don't have to use no_log on this task.
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
 
 - name: Run git clean after checking out code
   shell: cd {{ item.DESTINATION }} && git clean -xdf
-  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ repo_owner }}"
   with_items: "{{ GIT_REPOS }}"
   no_log: "{{ GIT_CLONE_NO_LOGGING }}"
   tags: