diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-back.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-back.yml
index 63c679c9e0..d280308243 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-back.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-back.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
   #- name: copy copr.repo
   #  copy: src=$files/copr/fe/yum/copr.repo dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/copr.repo
 
-  - name: set the hostname
-    shell: hostname "{{ copr-hostname }}"
+#  - name: set the hostname
+#    shell: hostname "{{ copr-hostname }}"
 
   - name: copy .forward file
     copy: src="{{ _forward_src }}" dest=/root/.forward owner=root group=root
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-front.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-front.yml
index 63995a2199..fd79e97d40 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-front.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-front.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
   - name: copy copr.repo
     copy: src="{{ files }}/copr/fe/yum/copr.repo" dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/copr.repo
 
-  - name: set the hostname
-    shell: hostname "{{ copr-hostname }}"
+#  - name: set the hostname
+#    shell: hostname "{{ copr-hostname }}"
 
   - name: copy .forward file
     copy: src="{{ _forward_src }}" dest=/root/.forward owner=root group=root