diff --git a/bundles/users/items.py b/bundles/users/items.py
index 6ca6393..b4aaf8d 100644
--- a/bundles/users/items.py
+++ b/bundles/users/items.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for username, attrs in node.metadata['users'].items():
                 'mode': '0600',
             }
 
-        else:
+        elif attrs.get('deploy_configs', True):
             files[home + '/.ssh/authorized_keys'] = {'delete': True}
 
         if attrs.get('deploy_configs', True):