diff --git a/manifests/openstack.pp b/manifests/openstack.pp
index 261fcb0bfb..9360a175fb 100644
--- a/manifests/openstack.pp
+++ b/manifests/openstack.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class openstack_base {
     User::Virtual::Localuser["soren"],
     User::Virtual::Localuser["linuxjedi"],
     User::Virtual::Localuser["devananda"],
+    User::Virtual::Localuser["clarkb"],
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 73cc2298b4..5a78bfba9f 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -514,10 +514,6 @@ node 'etherpad.openstack.org' {
   include etherpad_lite::site
   include etherpad_lite::mysql
   include etherpad_lite::backup
-
-  realize (
-    User::Virtual::Localuser["clarkb"],
-  )
 }
 
 # A bare machine, but with a jenkins user