diff --git a/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml b/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml
index 9cfdd38466..8a8745ce26 100644
--- a/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml
+++ b/playbooks/sign_and_import.yml
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@
   - name: Run createrepo on the srpm dir
     command: createrepo --update {{ repodir }}/SRPMS/
 
+  {% if testing %}
   - name: move processed srpms out to {{ rpmdir }}-old
     command: /bin/mv {{ item }} {{ rpmdir }}-old/
     with_fileglob:
      - "{{ rpmdir }}/*.src.rpm"
+  {% endif %}
 
   - name: copy the binary rpms to the x86_64 dir of {{ repodir }}
     copy: src={{ item }} dest={{ repodir }}/x86_64/
@@ -56,7 +58,9 @@
   - name: Run createrepo on the x86_64 dir
     command: createrepo --update {{ repodir }}/x86_64/
 
+  {% if testing %}
   - name: move processed rpms out to {{ rpmdir }}-old
     command: /bin/mv {{ item }} {{ rpmdir }}-old/
     with_fileglob:
      - "{{ rpmdir }}/*.rpm"
+  {% endif %}