diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/batcave b/inventory/group_vars/batcave
index 500a30ddb8..e15cc94e73 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/batcave
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/batcave
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ custom_rules: [ '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 10.5.126.13 --dport 873 -j ACCEPT', '
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-ask,sysadmin-build,sysadmin-cvs,sysadmin-main,sysadmin-web,sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-hosted,sysadmin-releng,sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-tools,sysadmin-cloud,sysadmin-bot,sysadmin-centos,sysadmin-koschei,fi-apprentice
 
 ansible_base: /srv/web/infra/ansible
-gitrepos: [ 'ansible', 'ansible-private', 'badges', 'dns', 'infra-docs', 'kickstarts', 'private', 'puppet' ]
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/batcave.yml b/playbooks/groups/batcave.yml
index 300dd53b9b..11c68981dd 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/batcave.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/batcave.yml
@@ -28,33 +28,3 @@
 
   handlers:
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
-
-- name: configure batcave
-  hosts: batcave
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: True
-
-  vars_files:
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  tasks:
-  - name: install needed packages
-    yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present
-    with_items:
-    - httpd
-
-  - name: create directories for local git repos
-    file: path=/srv/git/{{ item.path }} state=directory owner=root group=root mode=1775
-    with_items: gitrepos
-
-  - name: initialize git repos
-    command: chdir=/srv/git/{{ item.path }} creates={{ item.path }}/HEAD git init --bare
-    with_items: gitrepos
-
-  - name: create ansible base working directory
-    file: path=/srv/ansible state=directory owner=root group=root mode=1775
-
-  - name: create directory for serving kickstarts
-    file: path=/var/www/html/ks state=directory owner=apache group=apache mode=1755