diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
index 7115b89b..8bc2df5c 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ class github_client_credential {
    sunet::ssh_host_credential { "github":
       hostname    => "github.com",
       id          => "github",
+      manage_user => false
    }
 }