diff --git a/.ansible/roles/lockdown/tasks/main.yml b/.ansible/roles/lockdown/tasks/main.yml
index 222e575..ea027f4 100644
--- a/.ansible/roles/lockdown/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/.ansible/roles/lockdown/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   when: not files_mode and ansible_facts["user_id"] == "root"
   block:
     - name: Acquire list of SSH public keys for sys-admin user
+      delegate_to: "{{ ssh_keypairs_origin_host }}"
       ansible.builtin.find:
         paths: "{{ lookup('env', 'HOME') }}/.ssh"
         patterns:
@@ -58,10 +59,18 @@
         - administrative_user
         - admin_ssh
       register: ssh_public_keys
+    - name: Acquire contents of SSH public keys for sys-admin user
+      delegate_to: "{{ ssh_keypairs_origin_host }}"
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - cat
+          - "{{ item.path }}"
+      loop: "{{ ssh_public_keys.files }}"
+      register: ssh_public_keys_contents
     - name: Register SSH public keys as sys-admin user's authorized keys
       ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
         path: "{{ created_admin.home }}/.ssh/authorized_keys"
-        line: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', item.path) }}"
+        line: "{{ item }}"
         owner: "{{ created_admin.name }}"
         group: "{{ created_admin.name }}"
         mode: "0600"
@@ -72,8 +81,8 @@
         - default
         - administrative_user
         - admin_ssh
-      loop: "{{ ssh_public_keys.files }}"
-    - name: Register SSH puplic keys as other users' authorized keys
+      loop: "{{ ssh_public_keys_contents.results }}"
+    - name: Register SSH public keys as other users' authorized keys
       ansible.builtin.copy:
         src: "ssh/{{ item.name }}/authorized_keys"
         dest: "{{ item.home }}/.ssh/authorized_keys"