diff --git a/builder/openstack/builder.go b/builder/openstack/builder.go
index bf583d507..7ab5fa6c3 100644
--- a/builder/openstack/builder.go
+++ b/builder/openstack/builder.go
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			ConfigDrive:           b.config.ConfigDrive,
 			InstanceMetadata:      b.config.InstanceMetadata,
 			UseBlockStorageVolume: b.config.UseBlockStorageVolume,
-			Comm:                  &b.config.Comm,
 		},
 		&StepGetPassword{
 			Debug: b.config.PackerDebug,
diff --git a/builder/openstack/step_run_source_server.go b/builder/openstack/step_run_source_server.go
index facd5e53e..fdcfbc080 100644
--- a/builder/openstack/step_run_source_server.go
+++ b/builder/openstack/step_run_source_server.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/bootfromvolume"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/keypairs"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/servers"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/communicator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/multistep"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 )
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ type StepRunSourceServer struct {
 	InstanceMetadata      map[string]string
 	UseBlockStorageVolume bool
 	server                *servers.Server
-	Comm                  *communicator.Config
 }
 
 func (s *StepRunSourceServer) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ func (s *StepRunSourceServer) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) m
 	}
 
 	// Add keypair to the server create options.
-	keyName := s.Comm.SSHKeyPairName
+	keyName := config.Comm.SSHKeyPairName
 	if keyName != "" {
 		serverOptsExt = keypairs.CreateOptsExt{
 			CreateOptsBuilder: serverOptsExt,