diff --git a/scripts/ansible/restart_playbook.yml b/scripts/ansible/restart_playbook.yml
index ee43d0e..4438416 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible/restart_playbook.yml
+++ b/scripts/ansible/restart_playbook.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
   gather_facts: false
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    ava_binary: ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/gecko/build/ava
-    repo_folder: ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/gecko
     repo_name: ava-labs/gecko-internal
     repo_branch: platformvm-proposal-accept
   roles:
diff --git a/scripts/ansible/roles/ava-build/defaults/main.yml b/scripts/ansible/roles/ava-build/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c4a5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ansible/roles/ava-build/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ava_binary: ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/gecko/build/ava
+repo_folder: ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/gecko
+repo_name: ava-labs/gecko
+repo_url: ssh://git@github.com/{{ repo_name }}.git
+repo_branch: master
diff --git a/scripts/ansible/roles/ava-build/tasks/main.yml b/scripts/ansible/roles/ava-build/tasks/main.yml
index d059cda..4890062 100644
--- a/scripts/ansible/roles/ava-build/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/scripts/ansible/roles/ava-build/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: Update git clone
   git:
-    repo: ssh://git@github.com/{{ repo_name }}.git
+    repo: "{{ repo_url }}"
     dest: "{{ repo_folder }}"
     version: "{{ repo_branch }}"
     update: yes
diff --git a/scripts/ansible/update_playbook.yml b/scripts/ansible/update_playbook.yml
index b704eee..8c47cc3 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible/update_playbook.yml
+++ b/scripts/ansible/update_playbook.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
   gather_facts: false
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    ava_binary: ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/gecko/build/ava
-    repo_folder: ~/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/gecko
     repo_name: ava-labs/gecko-internal
     repo_branch: platformvm-proposal-accept
   roles: