diff --git a/tasks/yumrepos.yml b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
index 7e9cb02d4c..736f7493ba 100644
--- a/tasks/yumrepos.yml
+++ b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   - yumrepos
 
 - name: add infrastructure repo
-  copy: src="{{ files }}/common/{{ item }}" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/{{ item }}"
+  file: path="/etc/yum.repos.d/{{ item }}" state=absent
   with_items:
   - infrastructure.repo
   - infrastructure-testing.repo