diff --git a/playbooks/roles/prepare-workspace/defaults/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/prepare-workspace/defaults/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9127ad8..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/prepare-workspace/defaults/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-# tasks/main.yaml
-prepare_workspace_root: /home/zuul/workspace
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml
index d8a5316..c5952c7 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 
 - name: Create workspace directory.
   file:
-    path: "{{ prepare_workspace_root }}"
+    path: "{{ zuul_workspace_root }}"
     owner: zuul
     group: zuul
     state: directory
 
 - name: Synchronize src repos to workspace directory.
   synchronize:
-    dest: "{{ prepare_workspace_root }}"
+    dest: "{{ zuul_workspace_root }}"
     src: "{{ zuul.executor.src_root }}"