diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr-back b/inventory/group_vars/copr-back
index 909f14b97a..9a98c79961 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr-back
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr-back
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ copr_nova_tenant_name: "copr"
 copr_nova_username: "copr"
 
 # copr_builder_image_name: "Fedora-Cloud-Base-20141203-21"
-copr_builder_image_name: "builder-f24"
 copr_builder_flavor_name: "ms2.builder"
 copr_builder_network_name: "copr-net"
 copr_builder_key_name: "buildsys"
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 21b0bd242b..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: check/create instance
-  hosts: localhost
-  user: copr
-  gather_facts: False
-
-  vars_files:
-  - nova_cloud_vars.yml
-
-  vars:
-  - security_group: builder
-  - image_id: cba0c766-84ac-4048-b0f5-6d4000af62f8
-  - OS_USERNAME_OLD: msuchy
-  - OS_AUTH_URL_OLD: http://172.23.0.2:5000/v2.0
-  # todo: remove after transition to new cloud
-
-  tasks:
-  - name: generate builder name
-    local_action: command echo "Copr builder {{ 999999999 | random }}"
-    register: vm_name
-
-  - name: spin it up
-    local_action: nova_compute auth_url={{OS_AUTH_URL_OLD}} flavor_id=6 image_id={{ image_id }} key_name=buildsys login_password={{OS_PASSWORD_OLD}} login_tenant_name={{OS_TENANT_NAME}} login_username={{OS_USERNAME_OLD}} security_groups={{security_group}} wait=yes name="{{vm_name.stdout}}"
-    register: nova
-
-  # should be able to use nova.private_ip, but it does not work with Fedora Cloud.
-  - debug: msg="IP={{ nova.info.addresses.vlannet_3[0].addr }}"
-
-  - debug: msg="vm_name={{vm_name.stdout}}"
-
-  - name: add it to the special group
-    local_action: add_host hostname={{ nova.info.addresses.vlannet_3[0].addr }} groupname=builder_temp_group
-
-  - name: wait for the host to be hot
-    local_action: wait_for host={{ nova.info.addresses.vlannet_3[0].addr }} port=22 delay=5 timeout=600
-
-- hosts: builder_temp_group
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: True
-  vars:
-   - files: files/
-
-  tasks:
-  - name: edit hostname to be instance name
-    shell: hostname  `curl -s http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id`
-
-  - name: install pkgs
-    yum: state=present pkg={{ item }}
-    with_items:
-    - rsync
-    - openssh-clients
-    - libselinux-python
-    - libsemanage-python
-
-  - name: add repos
-    copy: src={{ files }}/{{ item }} dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/{{ item }}
-    with_items:
-    - epel6.repo
-
-  - name: install additional pkgs
-    yum: state=present pkg={{ item }}
-    with_items:
-    - mock
-    - createrepo
-    - yum-utils
-    - pyliblzma
-
-  - name: make sure newest rpm
-    yum: name={{ item }} state=latest
-    with_items:
-    - rpm
-    - glib2
-    - ca-certificates
-
-  #- yum: name=mock  enablerepo=epel-testing state=latest
-
-  - name: mockbuilder user
-    user: name=mockbuilder groups=mock
-
-  - name: mockbuilder .ssh
-    file: state=directory path=/home/mockbuilder/.ssh mode=0700 owner=mockbuilder group=mockbuilder
-
-  - name: mockbuilder authorized_keys
-    authorized_key: user=mockbuilder key='{{ lookup('file', '/home/copr/provision/files/buildsys.pub') }}'
-
-  - name: put updated mock configs into /etc/mock
-    template: src={{ files }}/mock/{{ item }} dest=/etc/mock
-    with_items:
-    - site-defaults.cfg
-
-  - lineinfile: dest=/etc/mock/fedora-rawhide-x86_64.cfg line="config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'" state=absent
-  - lineinfile: dest=/etc/mock/fedora-rawhide-i386.cfg line="config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'" state=absent
-
-  - lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf line="* soft nofile 10240" insertafter=EOF
-  - lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf line="* hard nofile 10240" insertafter=EOF
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml
index 97b11e22ae..11c797e6e0 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     keypair: buildsys
     max_spawn_time: 600
     spawning_vm_user: "fedora"
+    image_name: "copr-builder-f26-x86_64-beta"
 
   tasks:
     - name: generate builder name
@@ -61,5 +62,5 @@
       - nss-softokn-freebl.i686
   # DNF module will not resolve the deps, we must install deps manualy!
   - name: install i686 version of nosync for multilib building
-    dnf: name=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/nosync/1.0/5.fc24/i686/nosync-1.0-5.fc24.i686.rpm state=present
+    dnf: name=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/nosync/1.0/6.fc26/i686/nosync-1.0-6.fc26.i686.rpm state=present
     when: prepare_base_image is defined
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml
index dc91142cf5..73c4606704 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   gather_facts: False
 
   vars_files:
-    - nova_cloud_vars_ppc64le.yml
+    - nova_cloud_vars.yml
 
   vars:
     # _OS_AUTH_OPTS: "--os-auth-url {{OS_AUTH_URL}} --os-username {{OS_USERNAME}} --os-password {{OS_PASSWORD}} --os-tenant-name {{OS_TENANT_NAME}} --os-tenant-id {{OS_TENANT_ID}} "
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     keypair: buildsys
     max_spawn_time: 600
     spawning_vm_user: "fedora"
+    image_name: "copr-builder-f26-ppc64le-beta"
 
   tasks:
     - name: generate builder name
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@
     #prepare_base_image: True
 
   tasks:
-  - include: "provision_builder_tasks_ppc64le.yml"
+  - name: swap on /dev/vda 100GB volume for tmpfs mock plugin
+    command: swapon /dev/vda
+
+  - include: "provision_builder_tasks.yml"
 
   - name: disable offloading
     command: ethtool -K eth0 tso off gro off gso off
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_ppc64le.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_ppc64le.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index af892422c1..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_ppc64le.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-- name: check/create instance
-  hosts: 127.0.0.1
-  gather_facts: False
-
-  tasks:
-    - name: add hypervisor
-      local_action: add_host hostname=rh-power2.fit.vutbr.cz groupname=spinup_vm_group
-
-
-- name: spinup vm
-  hosts: spinup_vm_group
-  gather_facts: False
-  user: msuchy
-
-  tasks:
-    - name: spin up VM
-      shell: /home/msuchy/bin/get-one-vm.sh
-      register: get_one
-
-    - debug: msg="{{ get_one.stdout }}"
-
-    - set_fact: builder_ip="{{ get_one.stdout|extract_ip_from_stdout() }}"
-
-    - name: wait for he host to be hot
-      local_action: wait_for host={{ builder_ip }} port=22 delay=1 timeout=600
-
-    - name: add builder ip to the special group
-      local_action: add_host hostname={{ builder_ip }} groupname=builder_temp_group
-
-- name: provision builder
-  hosts: builder_temp_group
-  gather_facts: True
-  user: root
-
-  vars:
-    # pass this options if you need to create new base image from snapshot
-    #prepare_base_image: True
-
-  tasks:
-  - include: "provision_builder_tasks.yml"
-
-  - name: disable offloading
-    command: ethtool -K eth0 tso off gro off gso off
-
-  - yum: state=latest enablerepo="updates-testing" name=mock
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/copr.repo b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/copr.repo
deleted file mode 100644
index 90aa909168..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/copr.repo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Copr]
-name=Copr
-failovermethod=priority
-baseurl=https://209.132.184.48/results/@copr/copr/fedora-$releasever-x86_64/
-        https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@copr/copr/fedora-$releasever-x86_64/
-        https://172.25.32.109/results/@copr/copr/fedora-$releasever-x86_64/
-
-enabled=1
-gpgcheck=1
-gpgkey=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@copr/copr/pubkey.gpg
-skip_if_unavailable=1
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-i386.cfg b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-i386.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index bccbdc9beb..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-i386.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-config_opts['root'] = 'custom-1-i386'
-config_opts['target_arch'] = 'i686'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('i386', 'i586', 'i686', 'x86_64')
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = ''
-config_opts['extra_chroot_dirs'] = [ '/run/lock', ]
-config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'
-
-config_opts['yum.conf'] = """
-[main]
-keepcache=1
-debuglevel=2
-reposdir=/dev/null
-logfile=/var/log/dnf.log
-retries=20
-obsoletes=1
-gpgcheck=0
-assumeyes=1
-syslog_ident=mock
-syslog_device=
-install_weak_deps=0
-metadata_expire=0
-mdpolicy=group:primary
-
-"""
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-ppc64le.cfg b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-ppc64le.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 8742102d82..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-ppc64le.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-config_opts['root'] = 'custom-1-ppc64le'
-config_opts['target_arch'] = 'ppc64le'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('ppc64le',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = ''
-config_opts['extra_chroot_dirs'] = [ '/run/lock', ]
-config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'
-
-config_opts['yum.conf'] = """
-[main]
-keepcache=1
-debuglevel=2
-reposdir=/dev/null
-logfile=/var/log/dnf.log
-retries=20
-obsoletes=1
-gpgcheck=0
-assumeyes=1
-syslog_ident=mock
-syslog_device=
-install_weak_deps=0
-metadata_expire=0
-mdpolicy=group:primary
-
-"""
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-x86_64.cfg b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-x86_64.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 43554b106d..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/custom-1-x86_64.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-config_opts['root'] = 'custom-1-x86_64'
-config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = ''
-config_opts['extra_chroot_dirs'] = [ '/run/lock', ]
-config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'
-
-config_opts['yum.conf'] = """
-[main]
-keepcache=1
-debuglevel=2
-reposdir=/dev/null
-logfile=/var/log/dnf.log
-retries=20
-obsoletes=1
-gpgcheck=0
-assumeyes=1
-syslog_ident=mock
-syslog_device=
-install_weak_deps=0
-metadata_expire=0
-mdpolicy=group:primary
-
-"""
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-i386.cfg b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-i386.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index bf5d9abc2f..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-i386.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-config_opts['root'] = 'fedora-26-i386'
-config_opts['target_arch'] = 'i686'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('i386', 'i586', 'i686', 'x86_64')
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install @buildsys-build'
-config_opts['dist'] = 'fc26'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
-config_opts['extra_chroot_dirs'] = [ '/run/lock', ]
-config_opts['releasever'] = '26'
-config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'
-
-config_opts['yum.conf'] = """
-[main]
-keepcache=1
-debuglevel=2
-reposdir=/dev/null
-logfile=/var/log/yum.log
-retries=20
-obsoletes=1
-gpgcheck=0
-assumeyes=1
-syslog_ident=mock
-syslog_device=
-install_weak_deps=0
-metadata_expire=0
-mdpolicy=group:primary
-best=1
-
-# repos
-
-[fedora]
-name=fedora
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-primary
-gpgcheck=1
-
-[updates]
-name=updates
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-primary
-gpgcheck=1
-
-[updates-testing]
-name=updates-testing
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-testing-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[local]
-name=local
-baseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/f26-build/latest/i386/
-cost=2000
-enabled=0
-
-[fedora-debuginfo]
-name=fedora-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[updates-debuginfo]
-name=updates-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[updates-testing-debuginfo]
-name=updates-testing-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-testing-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-"""
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-ppc64le.cfg b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-ppc64le.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index dfb36e46e7..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-ppc64le.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-config_opts['root'] = 'fedora-26-ppc64le'
-config_opts['target_arch'] = 'ppc64le'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('ppc64le',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install @buildsys-build'
-config_opts['dist'] = 'fc26'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
-config_opts['extra_chroot_dirs'] = [ '/run/lock', ]
-config_opts['releasever'] = '26'
-config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'
-
-config_opts['yum.conf'] = """
-[main]
-keepcache=1
-debuglevel=1
-reposdir=/dev/null
-logfile=/var/log/yum.log
-retries=20
-obsoletes=1
-gpgcheck=0
-assumeyes=1
-syslog_ident=mock
-syslog_device=
-install_weak_deps=0
-metadata_expire=0
-mdpolicy=group:primary
-best=1
-
-# repos
-
-[fedora]
-name=fedora
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-primary
-gpgcheck=1
-
-[updates]
-name=updates
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-primary
-gpgcheck=1
-
-[updates-testing]
-name=updates-testing
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-testing-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[local]
-name=local
-baseurl=http://ppcpkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/f26-build/latest/ppc64le/
-cost=2000
-enabled=0
-
-[fedora-debuginfo]
-name=fedora-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[updates-debuginfo]
-name=updates-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[updates-testing-debuginfo]
-name=updates-testing-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-testing-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-"""
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-x86_64.cfg b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-x86_64.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ba4d1eed0..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/files/mock/fedora-26-x86_64.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-config_opts['root'] = 'fedora-26-x86_64'
-config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64'
-config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64',)
-config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install @buildsys-build'
-config_opts['dist'] = 'fc26'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst
-config_opts['extra_chroot_dirs'] = [ '/run/lock', ]
-config_opts['releasever'] = '26'
-config_opts['package_manager'] = 'dnf'
-
-config_opts['yum.conf'] = """
-[main]
-keepcache=1
-debuglevel=2
-reposdir=/dev/null
-logfile=/var/log/yum.log
-retries=20
-obsoletes=1
-gpgcheck=0
-assumeyes=1
-syslog_ident=mock
-syslog_device=
-install_weak_deps=0
-metadata_expire=0
-mdpolicy=group:primary
-best=1
-
-# repos
-
-[fedora]
-name=fedora
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-primary
-gpgcheck=1
-
-[updates]
-name=updates
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-primary
-gpgcheck=1
-
-[updates-testing]
-name=updates-testing
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-testing-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[local]
-name=local
-baseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/f26-build/latest/x86_64/
-cost=2000
-enabled=0
-
-[fedora-debuginfo]
-name=fedora-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[updates-debuginfo]
-name=updates-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-
-[updates-testing-debuginfo]
-name=updates-testing-debuginfo
-metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-testing-debug-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
-failovermethod=priority
-enabled=0
-"""
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
index f3de7bbe6d..982a1011e1 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
@@ -1,109 +1,51 @@
-- name: install copr repo
-  copy: src="copr.repo" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/copr.repo"
+- shell: dnf -y upgrade
+  when: prepare_base_image is defined
 
 - name: set bigger timeout for yum
   ini_file: dest=/etc/yum.conf section=main option=timeout value=1000
 
+- name: set bigger timeout for dnf
+  ini_file: dest=/etc/dnf/dnf.conf section=main option=timeout value=1000
+
 - name: install pkgs
-  yum: state=present pkg={{ item }}
+  dnf: state=present pkg={{ item }}
   with_items:
     - dnf
     - dnf-plugins-core
     - mock
-#    - mock-lvm
     - createrepo_c
     - yum-utils
     - pyliblzma
     - rsync
     - openssh-clients
-    - rsync
     - libselinux-python
     - libsemanage-python
     - yum
     - scl-utils-build
     - ethtool
-#    - fedpkg-copr
     - nosync
     - expect
 
-- name: set bigger timeout for dnf
-  ini_file: dest=/etc/dnf/dnf.conf section=main option=timeout value=1000
-
-# this comes from https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/%40copr/copr/fedora-23-x86_64/00179756-fedpkg-copr/fedpkg-copr-0.3-1.fc23.noarch.rpm
-# TODO put it in correct place
-# BZ 1241507
-- shell: yum-deprecated install -y fedpkg-copr || yum install -y fedpkg-copr
-
-- shell: yum-deprecated install -y fedpkg || yum install -y fedpkg
-
-# This needs to be updated for python-fedora
-- shell: yum-deprecated update -y python-requests || yum install -y python-requests
+- name: enable @copr/copr for now
+  shell: dnf copr -y enable @copr/copr
 
 - name: make sure newest rpm
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest
+  dnf: state=latest pkg={{ item }}
   with_items:
     - rpm
     - glib2
     - ca-certificates
     - mock
     - dnf
-    - koji
-    - dnf-plugins-core
-    - libsolv
-    - hawkey
-
-- copy: src=files/fedpkg-copr.conf dest=/etc/rpkg/fedpkg-copr.conf
+    - copr-rpmbuild
 
 - name: put updated mock configs into /etc/mock
   template: src=files/mock/{{ item }} dest=/etc/mock
   with_items:
     - site-defaults.cfg
-    - custom-1-x86_64.cfg
-    - custom-1-i386.cfg
-    - custom-1-ppc64le.cfg
-    - fedora-26-x86_64.cfg
-    - fedora-26-i386.cfg
 
-# TODO: file globs or ansible escaping works strange, now using predefined file location
-#- name: "fix mock configs to use nearest mirror"
-#  # Affects only some fedora configs ... repo urls are tricky. TODO: add for epel
-#  shell: "ls -1 /etc/mock/fedora*.cfg"
-#  register: mock_fedora_configs_to_patch
-
-- name: "patch mock.cfg (updates)"
-  replace: >
-        dest={{ item }}
-        regexp='^metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink\?repo=updates-released-f\$releasever&arch=\$basearch'
-        replace='baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/$releasever/$basearch/'
-  with_items: #mock_fedora_configs_to_patch.stdout_lines
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-24-i386.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-24-x86_64.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-25-i386.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-25-x86_64.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-26-i386.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-26-x86_64.cfg
-
-- name: "patch mock.cfg (main)"
-  replace: >
-        dest={{ item }}
-        regexp='^metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink\?repo=fedora-f\$releasever&arch=\$basearch'
-        replace='baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/'
-  with_items: #mock_fedora_configs_to_patch.stdout_lines
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-24-i386.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-24-x86_64.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-25-i386.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-25-x86_64.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-26-i386.cfg
-  -  /etc/mock/fedora-26-x86_64.cfg
-
-
-
-# ansible doesn't support simultaneously usage of async and with_* options
-# it's not even planned for implementation, see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/5841
-- name: prepare cache
-  when: prepare_base_image is defined
-  async: 14400
-  shell: "for i in epel-5-i386 epel-5-x86_64 epel-6-i386 epel-6-x86_64 epel-7-x86_64 fedora-23-i386 fedora-23-x86_64 fedora-24-i386 fedora-24-x86_64 fedora-25-i386 fedora-25-x86_64 fedora-26-i386 fedora-26-x86_64 fedora-rawhide-i386 fedora-rawhide-x86_64; do mock --init -r $i; done"
+- name: put copr-rpmbuild configuration file in the right place
+  copy: src=files/main.ini dest=/etc/copr-rpmbuild/main.ini
 
 - name: mockbuilder user
   user: name=mockbuilder groups=mock
@@ -122,11 +64,3 @@
 
 - name: disable core dumps
   ini_file: dest=/etc/systemd/coredump.conf section=Coredump option=Storage value=none
-#  notify:
-#  - systemctl daemon-reload
-
-- name: 'Remove %_install_langs from /etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf so that `yum-deprecated --installroot=<chroot-path> install glibc-all-langpacks` installs all possible locale into build chroots'
-  lineinfile:
-    dest: '/etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf'
-    regexp: '^%_install_lang.*'
-    state: 'absent'
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks_ppc64le.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks_ppc64le.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ef7791eb2..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks_ppc64le.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-- name: install copr repo
-  copy: src="copr.repo" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/copr.repo"
-
-- name: set bigger timeout for yum
-  ini_file: dest=/etc/yum.conf section=main option=timeout value=1000
-
-- name: install pkgs
-  yum: state=present pkg={{ item }}
-  with_items:
-    - dnf
-    - dnf-plugins-core
-    - mock
-#    - mock-lvm
-    - createrepo_c
-    - yum-utils
-    - pyliblzma
-    - rsync
-    - openssh-clients
-    - rsync
-    - libselinux-python
-    - libsemanage-python
-    - yum
-    - scl-utils-build
-    - ethtool
-#    - fedpkg-copr
-    - nosync
-    - expect
-
-- name: set bigger timeout for dnf
-  ini_file: dest=/etc/dnf/dnf.conf section=main option=timeout value=1000
-
-# this comes from https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/%40copr/copr/fedora-23-x86_64/00179756-fedpkg-copr/fedpkg-copr-0.3-1.fc23.noarch.rpm
-# TODO put it in correct place
-# BZ 1241507
-- shell: yum-deprecated install -y fedpkg-copr || yum install -y fedpkg-copr
-
-- shell: yum-deprecated install -y fedpkg || yum install -y fedpkg
-
-# This needs to be updated for python-fedora
-- shell: yum-deprecated update -y python-requests || yum install -y python-requests
-
-- name: make sure newest rpm
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=latest
-  with_items:
-    - rpm
-    - glib2
-    - ca-certificates
-    - mock
-    - dnf
-    - koji
-    - dnf-plugins-core
-    - libsolv
-    - hawkey
-
-- copy: src=files/fedpkg-copr.conf dest=/etc/rpkg/fedpkg-copr.conf
-
-- name: put updated mock configs into /etc/mock
-  template: src=files/mock/{{ item }} dest=/etc/mock
-  with_items:
-    - fedora-26-ppc64le.cfg
-    - site-defaults.cfg
-
-# ansible doesn't support simultaneously usage of async and with_* options
-# it's not even planned for implementation, see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/5841
-- name: prepare cache
-  when: prepare_base_image is defined
-  async: 14400
-  shell: "for i in fedora-23-ppc64le fedora-24-ppc64le fedora-25-ppc64le fedora-26-ppc64le fedora-rawhide-ppc64le; do mock --init -r $i; done"
-
-- name: mockbuilder user
-  user: name=mockbuilder groups=mock
-
-- name: mockbuilder .ssh
-  file: state=directory path=/home/mockbuilder/.ssh mode=0700 owner=mockbuilder group=mockbuilder
-
-- name: mockbuilder authorized_keys
-  authorized_key: user=mockbuilder key='{{ lookup('file', '/home/copr/provision/files/buildsys.pub') }}'
-
-- name: root authorized_keys
-  authorized_key: user=root key='{{ lookup('file', '/home/copr/provision/files/buildsys.pub') }}'
-
-- lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf line="* soft nofile 10240" insertafter=EOF
-- lineinfile: dest=/etc/security/limits.conf line="* hard nofile 10240" insertafter=EOF
-
-- name: disable core dumps
-  ini_file: dest=/etc/systemd/coredump.conf section=Coredump option=Storage value=none
-#  notify:
-#  - systemctl daemon-reload
-
-- name: 'Remove %_install_langs from /etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf so that `yum-deprecated --installroot=<chroot-path> install glibc-all-langpacks` installs all possible locale into build chroots'
-  lineinfile:
-    dest: '/etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf'
-    regexp: '^%_install_lang.*'
-    state: 'absent'
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 372c503948..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: terminate instance
-  hosts: all
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: False
-
-  vars_files:
-  - nova_cloud_vars.yml
-
-  vars:
-  - OS_USERNAME_OLD: msuchy
-  - OS_AUTH_URL_OLD: http://172.23.0.2:5000/v2.0
-  # todo: remove after transition to new cloud
-
-  tasks:
-  - name: terminate it
-    local_action: nova_compute auth_url={{OS_AUTH_URL_OLD}} login_password={{OS_PASSWORD}} login_tenant_name={{OS_TENANT_NAME}} login_username={{OS_USERNAME_OLD}} name="{{copr_task.vm_name}}" state=absent
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb_ppc64le.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb_ppc64le.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c04fabd876..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb_ppc64le.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-- name: terminate instance
-  hosts: 127.0.0.1
-  gather_facts: False
-
-  tasks:
-    - name: add hypervisor
-      local_action: add_host hostname=rh-power2.fit.vutbr.cz groupname=terminate_vm_group
-
-
-- name: terminate vm
-  hosts: terminate_vm_group
-  gather_facts: False
-  user: msuchy
-
-  tasks:
-    - name: terminating vm26
-      shell: /home/msuchy/bin/virsh-destroy-vm26.sh; /home/msuchy/bin/reinit-vm26.sh
-      when: copr_task.vm_name == "rh-power-vm26.fit.vutbr.cz"
-
-    - name: terminating vm27
-      shell: /home/msuchy/bin/virsh-destroy-vm27.sh; /home/msuchy/bin/reinit-vm27.sh
-      when: copr_task.vm_name == "rh-power-vm27.fit.vutbr.cz"
-
-    - name: terminating vm28
-      shell: /home/msuchy/bin/virsh-destroy-vm28.sh; /home/msuchy/bin/reinit-vm28.sh
-      when: copr_task.vm_name == "rh-power-vm28.fit.vutbr.cz"
-
-    - name: terminating vm29
-      shell: /home/msuchy/bin/virsh-destroy-vm29.sh; /home/msuchy/bin/reinit-vm29.sh
-      when: copr_task.vm_name == "rh-power-vm29.fit.vutbr.cz"
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 956decb248..2270dbf4a8 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -130,14 +130,11 @@
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
-- name: put some files into the provision subdir
-  template: src="provision/nova_cloud_vars_ppc64le.yml" dest="/home/copr/provision/nova_cloud_vars_ppc64le.yml" owner=copr group=copr
+- name: put copr-rpmbuild configuration file into the provision subdir
+  template: src="provision/copr-rpmbuild/main.ini.j2" dest="/home/copr/provision/files/main.ini" owner=copr group=copr
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
-- name: put fedpkg-copr.conf into the provision files
-  template: src="provision/fedpkg-copr.conf" dest="/home/copr/provision/files/fedpkg-copr.conf" owner=copr group=copr
-
 - name: testing fixture
   copy: dest="/home/copr/cloud/ec2rc.variable" content=""
   when: devel
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
index 0bed0583aa..f3276db882 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
@@ -110,5 +110,7 @@ timeout=86400
 # utilized by /usr/bin/check_consecutive_build_fails.py
 consecutive_failure_threshold=30
 
+builder_perl=True
+
 [ssh]
 builder_config=/home/copr/.ssh/config
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/copr-rpmbuild/main.ini.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/copr-rpmbuild/main.ini.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fa623ebc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/copr-rpmbuild/main.ini.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[main]
+frontend_url = http://{{ frontend_base_url }}/
+distgit_lookaside_url = http://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/repo/pkgs/
+distgit_clone_url = http://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/git/
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/fedpkg-copr.conf b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/fedpkg-copr.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a13ca7ba7..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/fedpkg-copr.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[fedpkg-copr]
-lookaside = http://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/repo/pkgs
-lookasidehash = md5
-lookaside_cgi = http://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/repo/pkgs/upload.cgi
-gitbaseurl = ssh://%(user)s@{{ dist_git_base_url }}/%(module)s
-anongiturl = git://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/%(module)s
-tracbaseurl = https://%(user)s:%(password)s@fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/login/xmlrpc
-branchre = f\d$|f\d\d$|el\d$|olpc\d$|master$
-kojiconfig = /etc/koji.conf
-build_client = koji
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
index d426e8a4cc..1135504f40 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ OS_USERNAME: "{{ copr_nova_username }}"
 OS_PASSWORD_OLD: "{{ copr_nova_password|default('variable OS_PASSWORD_OLD is undefined') }}"
 OS_PASSWORD: "{{ copr_password|default('variable OS_PASSWORD is undefined')}}"
 
-
-image_name: "{{ copr_builder_image_name }}"
 flavor_name: "{{ copr_builder_flavor_name }}"
 network_name: "{{ copr_builder_network_name }}"
 key_name: "{{ copr_builder_key_name }}"
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars_ppc64le.yml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars_ppc64le.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f84fa797e7..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/nova_cloud_vars_ppc64le.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-OS_AUTH_URL: "{{ copr_nova_auth_url }}"
-
-OS_TENANT_ID: "{{ copr_nova_tenant_id }}"
-OS_TENANT_NAME: "{{ copr_nova_tenant_name }}"
-
-OS_USERNAME: "{{ copr_nova_username }}"
-
-# remove default values after transition to the new cloud is finished
-OS_PASSWORD_OLD: "{{ copr_nova_password|default('variable OS_PASSWORD_OLD is undefined') }}"
-OS_PASSWORD: "{{ copr_password|default('variable OS_PASSWORD is undefined')}}"
-
-
-image_name: "builder-f24-ppc64le-swapmounted-freshmockconfigs"
-flavor_name: "{{ copr_builder_flavor_name }}"
-network_name: "{{ copr_builder_network_name }}"
-key_name: "{{ copr_builder_key_name }}"
-security_groups: "{{ copr_builder_security_groups }}"