diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index fedd2f315f..a9604e40f7 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ def sync_single_repo(release, repo):
 
     for archdef in RELEASES[release]['repos'][repo]['to']:
         for arch in archdef['arches']:
-            destarch = 'SRPMS' if arch == 'source' else arch
             dest_path = os.path.join(archdef['dest'], destarch)
             results.append(sync_single_repo_arch(release, repo, arch, dest_path))