diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
index 1214d1ae88..a4264d7d92 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ openqa_nfs_workers: "{{ groups['openqa_lab_workers'] }}"
 # install openQA from updates-testing - this is staging, we live
 # ON THE EDGE (radical guitar riff)
 openqa_repo: updates-testing
-# 2024-07 scratch build of openqa for testing
-openqa_scratch: ["119951309"]
 openqa_resultsdb_url: https://resultsdb.stg.fedoraproject.org/api/v2.0/
 openqa_resultsdb_user: "{{ stg_resultsdb_httpd_user }}"
 openqa_resultsdb_password: "{{ stg_resultsdb_httpd_password }}"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
index accc456c64..2de4f878e1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ openqa_nfs_worker: true
 # install openQA and os-autoinst from updates-testing - this is
 # staging, we live ON THE EDGE (radical guitar riff)
 openqa_repo: updates-testing
-# 2024-07 scratch build of openqa for testing
-openqa_scratch: ["119951309"]
 openqa_secret: "{{ stg_openqa_apisecret }}"
 openqa_workers: 4
 primary_auth_source: ipa