diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 294a9db791..60728e17ac 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@
- config
- bodhi
-- name: change owner and group attributes of /var/log/bodhi directory
- file: path=/var/log/bodhi owner=apache group=apache
- when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend')
- tags:
- - bodhi
- - config
-
- name: Put pungi configurations in place
template: src="{{item}}" dest=/etc/bodhi/{{item}}
with_items:
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-masher-jobrunner.cfg.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-masher-jobrunner.cfg.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index a25e1d677e..0000000000
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-masher-jobrunner.cfg.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-[global]
-
-##
-## Bodhi Production Masher Configuration
-##
-## $Id: bodhi-prod.cfg.erb,v 1.8 2008/05/21 23:38:07 lmacken Exp $
-##
-
-# Release status
-# pre-beta enforces the 'Pre Beta' policy defined here:
-# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy
-f22.status = 'pre_beta'
-
-f22.post_beta.mandatory_days_in_testing = 7
-f22.post_beta.critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
-f22.post_beta.critpath.min_karma = 2
-f22.post_beta.critpath.stable_after_days_without_negative_karma = 14
-
-f22.pre_beta.mandatory_days_in_testing = 3
-f22.pre_beta.critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
-f22.pre_beta.critpath.min_karma = 1
-
-sqlobject.dburi="notrans_postgres://bodhi:{{ bodhiPassword }}@db-bodhi/bodhi"
-
-masher = None # we are the masher
-
-server.socket_port=8084
-server.environment="production"
-autoreload.on = False
-server.webpath="/updates"
-server.log_file = "server.log"
-server.log_to_screen = False
-server.thread_pool = 50
-server.socket_queue_size = 30
-
-# We probably want to have apache do this for us...
-#gzipFilter.on = True
-
-session_filter.on = False
-base_url_filter.on = True
-base_url_filter.use_x_forwarded_host = False
-base_url_filter.base_url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org'
-
-tg.strict_parameters = True
-tg.ignore_parameters = ["_csrf_token"]
-
-# Periodic jobs
-jobs = 'nagmail cache_release_data refresh_metrics approve_testing_updates expire_buildroot_overrides clean_pending_tags'
-
-# Query the Fedora Package Database for the list of Critical Path Packages.
-critpath.type = 'pkgdb'
-
-# FAS2
-#sqlalchemy.dburi="sqlite:///"
-fas.url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/'
-identity.provider='jsonfas2'
-identity.saprovider.model.visit="fedora.accounts.tgfas.VisitIdentity"
-visit.manager="jsonfas2"
-visit.saprovider.model="fedora.accounts.tgfas.Visit"
-visit.cookie.secure = True
-
-# Our identity that we use to fetch bugzilla details and such
-bodhi_password='<%= bodhiBugzillaPassword %>'
-bodhi_email = 'updates@fedoraproject.org'
-
-# TurboMail 3.0 settings
-mail.on = True
-mail.transport = 'smtp'
-mail.smtp.server = 'bastion'
-# The 'utf-8-qp' encoding causes problems with TurboMail 3.x
-# https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/ticket/648
-mail.message.encoding = 'utf-8'
-
-notice_sender = 'updates@fedoraproject.org'
-security_team = 'security_respons-members@fedoraproject.org'
-release_team_address = 'bodhiadmin-members@fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_announce_list = 'package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_test_announce_list = 'test@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_epel_announce_list = 'epel-package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_epel_test_announce_list = 'epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-
-build_dir = '/mnt/koji/packages'
-mashed_dir = '/mnt/koji/mash/updates/'
-mashed_stage_dir = '/mnt/koji/mash/updates/'
-mash_conf = '/etc/bodhi/mash.conf'
-
-comps_dir = '/var/tmp/bodhi/comps'
-
-base_address = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org'
-#bz_server = 'https://bzprx.vip.phx.redhat.com/xmlrpc.cgi'
-bz_server = 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/xmlrpc.cgi'
-bz_cookie = '/var/tmp/bodhi-bz.cookie'
-bz_products = 'Fedora,Fedora EPEL,oVirt'
-
-acl_system = 'pkgdb'
-pkgdb_url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb'
-
-buildsystem = 'koji'
-client_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/bodhi.pem'
-clientca_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/fedora-upload-ca.cert'
-serverca_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/fedora-server-ca.cert'
-
-masher_lock_id = 'FEDORA'
-
-master_repomd = 'http://download01.phx2.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/%d/%s/repodata/repomd.xml'
-fedora_master_repomd = 'http://download01.phx2.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/%d/%s/repodata/repomd.xml'
-fedora_epel_master_repomd = 'http://download01.phx2.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/%d/%s/repodata/repomd.xml'
-
-arches = 'i386 x86_64'
-
-[logging]
-
-[[handlers]]
-
-[[[debug_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/server.log', 'D', 7)"
-level='DEBUG'
-formatter='full_content'
-
-[[[access_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-level='INFO'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/access.log', 'D', 7)"
-formatter='message_only'
-
-[[[error_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/server.log', 'D', 7)"
-level='ERROR'
-formatter='full_content'
-
-
-[[loggers]]
-[[[bodhi]]]
-level='DEBUG'
-qualname='bodhi'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-propagate=0
-
-[[[allinfo]]]
-level='INFO'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-propagate=0
-
-#[[[access]]]
-#level='INFO'
-#qualname='turbogears.access'
-#handlers=['debug_out']
-
-[[[turbomail]]]
-level='INFO'
-qualname='turbomail'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-
-[[[urllib3]]]
-level='WARN'
-qualname='urllib3'
-handlers=['debug_out']
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-masher.cfg.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-masher.cfg.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5849dd62f8..0000000000
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-masher.cfg.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-[global]
-
-##
-## Bodhi Production Masher Configuration
-##
-## $Id: bodhi-prod.cfg.erb,v 1.8 2008/05/21 23:38:07 lmacken Exp $
-##
-
-sqlobject.dburi="notrans_postgres://bodhi:{{ bodhiPassword }}@db-bodhi/bodhi"
-
-masher = None # we are the masher
-
-server.socket_port=8084
-server.environment="production"
-autoreload.on = False
-server.webpath="/updates"
-server.log_file = "server.log"
-server.log_to_screen = False
-server.thread_pool = 50
-server.socket_queue_size = 30
-
-# We probably want to have apache do this for us...
-#gzipFilter.on = True
-
-session_filter.on = False
-base_url_filter.on = True
-base_url_filter.use_x_forwarded_host = False
-base_url_filter.base_url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org'
-
-tg.strict_parameters = True
-tg.ignore_parameters = ["_csrf_token"]
-
-# Periodic jobs
-jobs = ''
-
-# Query the Fedora Package Database for the list of Critical Path Packages.
-# This pkgdb feature is currently broken in staging.
-<% if environment == "production" %>
-critpath.type = 'pkgdb'
-<% end %>
-
-# FAS2
-#sqlalchemy.dburi="sqlite:///"
-fas.url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/'
-identity.provider='jsonfas2'
-identity.saprovider.model.visit="fedora.accounts.tgfas.VisitIdentity"
-visit.manager="jsonfas2"
-visit.saprovider.model="fedora.accounts.tgfas.Visit"
-visit.cookie.secure = True
-
-# Our identity that we use to fetch bugzilla details and such
-bodhi_password='<%= bodhiBugzillaPassword %>'
-bodhi_email = 'updates@fedoraproject.org'
-
-mail.on = True
-mail.server = 'bastion'
-notice_sender = 'updates@fedoraproject.org'
-security_team = 'security_respons-members@fedoraproject.org'
-release_team_address = 'bodhiadmin-members@fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_announce_list = 'package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_test_announce_list = 'test@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_epel_announce_list = 'epel-package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_epel_test_announce_list = 'epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-
-build_dir = '/mnt/koji/packages'
-mashed_dir = '/mnt/koji/mash/updates/'
-mashed_stage_dir = '/mnt/koji/mash/updates/'
-mash_conf = '/etc/bodhi/mash.conf'
-
-comps_dir = '/var/tmp/bodhi/comps'
-
-base_address = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org'
-#bz_server = 'https://bzprx.vip.phx.redhat.com/xmlrpc.cgi'
-bz_server = 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/xmlrpc.cgi'
-bz_cookie = '/var/tmp/bodhi-bz.cookie'
-bz_products = 'Fedora,Fedora EPEL,oVirt'
-
-acl_system = 'pkgdb'
-pkgdb_url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb'
-
-buildsystem = 'koji'
-client_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/bodhi.pem'
-clientca_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/fedora-upload-ca.cert'
-serverca_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/fedora-server-ca.cert'
-
-masher_lock_id = 'FEDORA'
-
-master_repomd = 'http://download01.phx2.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/%d/%s/repodata/repomd.xml'
-fedora_master_repomd = 'http://download01.phx2.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/%d/%s/repodata/repomd.xml'
-fedora_epel_master_repomd = 'http://download01.phx2.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/%d/%s/repodata/repomd.xml'
-
-arches = 'armhfp i386 x86_64'
-
-[logging]
-
-[[handlers]]
-
-[[[debug_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/server.log', 'D', 7)"
-level='DEBUG'
-formatter='full_content'
-
-[[[access_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-level='INFO'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/access.log', 'D', 7)"
-formatter='message_only'
-
-[[[error_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/server.log', 'D', 7)"
-level='ERROR'
-formatter='full_content'
-
-
-[[loggers]]
-[[[bodhi]]]
-level='DEBUG'
-qualname='bodhi'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-propagate=0
-
-[[[allinfo]]]
-level='INFO'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-propagate=0
-
-#[[[access]]]
-#level='INFO'
-#qualname='turbogears.access'
-#handlers=['debug_out']
-
-[[[turbomail]]]
-level='INFO'
-qualname='turbomail'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-
-[[[urllib3]]]
-level='WARN'
-qualname='urllib3'
-handlers=['debug_out']
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-prod.cfg.erb b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-prod.cfg.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c166c65c6d..0000000000
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-prod.cfg.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,205 +0,0 @@
-[global]
-
-##
-## Bodhi Production Configuration
-##
-## $Id: bodhi-prod.cfg.erb,v 1.8 2008/05/21 23:38:07 lmacken Exp $
-##
-
-# Release status
-# pre-beta enforces the 'Pre Beta' policy defined here:
-# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy
-f22.status = 'post_beta'
-
-f22.post_beta.mandatory_days_in_testing = 7
-f22.post_beta.critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
-f22.post_beta.critpath.min_karma = 2
-f22.post_beta.critpath.stable_after_days_without_negative_karma = 14
-
-f22.pre_beta.mandatory_days_in_testing = 3
-f22.pre_beta.critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
-f22.pre_beta.critpath.min_karma = 1
-
-# Bodhi Defaults:
-#
-# The number of admin approvals it takes to be able to push a critical path
-# # update to stable for a pending release.
-# critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
-#
-# # The net karma required to submit a critial path update to a pending release)
-# critpath.min_karma = 2
-#
-# # Allow critpath to submit for stable after 2 weeks with no negative karma
-# critpath.stable_after_days_without_negative_karma = 14
-
-
-## A notice to flash on the front page
-#frontpage_notice = 'Bodhi is now enforcing the Package Update Acceptance Criteria across all Fedora releases.'
-
-## A notice to flash on the New Update page
-#newupdate_notice = 'Koji is currently down for a scheduled outage. Please see status.fedoraproject.org for more information'
-
-# Query the Fedora Package Database for the list of Critical Path Packages.
-<% if environment == "production" %>
-critpath.type = 'pkgdb'
-<% else %>
-<% end %>
-
-<% if environment == "production" %>
-deployment_type = "prod"
-<% end %>
-<% if environment == "staging" %>
-deployment_type = "stg"
-<% end %>
-<% if environment == "development" %>
-deployment_type = "dev"
-<% end %>
-
-# We no longer require proventester karma for critpath approval
-# https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/ticket/653
-critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
-
-#f17.pre_beta.critpath.num_admin_approvals = 0
-
-query_wiki_test_cases = True
-
-sqlobject.dburi="notrans_postgres://bodhi:<%= bodhiPassword %>@db-bodhi/bodhi"
-
-masher = 'http://releng04/updates'
-
-# For the build auto-complete widget
-tg_mochikit.packed = True
-
-server.socket_port=8084
-server.environment="production"
-autoreload.on = False
-server.webpath="/updates"
-server.log_file = "server.log"
-server.log_to_screen = False
-server.thread_pool = 50
-server.socket_queue_size = 30
-
-# We probably want to have apache do this for us...
-#gzipFilter.on = True
-
-session_filter.on = False
-base_url_filter.on = True
-base_url_filter.use_x_forwarded_host = False
-<% if environment == "staging" %>
-base_url_filter.base_url = 'https://admin.stg.fedoraproject.org'
-<% else %>
-base_url_filter.base_url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org'
-<% end %>
-
-tg.strict_parameters = True
-tg.ignore_parameters = ["_csrf_token"]
-
-# Periodic jobs
-jobs = 'cache_release_data'
-
-# FAS2
-#sqlalchemy.dburi="sqlite:///"
-fas.url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/'
-identity.provider='jsonfas2'
-identity.saprovider.model.visit="fedora.accounts.tgfas.VisitIdentity"
-visit.manager="jsonfas2"
-visit.saprovider.model="fedora.accounts.tgfas.Visit"
-visit.cookie.secure = True
-visit.cookie.httponly = True
-
-# Our identity that we use to fetch bugzilla details and such
-bodhi_password='<%= bodhiBugzillaPassword %>'
-bodhi_email = 'updates@fedoraproject.org'
-security_team = 'security_respons-members@fedoraproject.org'
-release_team_address = 'bodhiadmin-members@fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_announce_list = 'package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-fedora_test_announce_list = 'test@lists.fedoraproject.org'
-mashed_dir = '/mnt/koji/mash/updates'
-# TurboMail 3.0 settings
-<% if environment == "staging" %>
-mail.on = False
-<% else %>
-mail.on = True
-<% end %>
-mail.transport = 'smtp'
-mail.smtp.server = 'bastion'
-# The 'utf-8-qp' encoding causes problems with TurboMail 3.x
-# https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/ticket/648
-mail.message.encoding = 'utf-8'
-notice_sender = 'updates@fedoraproject.org'
-#bz_server = 'https://bzprx.vip.phx.redhat.com/xmlrpc.cgi'
-bz_server = 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/xmlrpc.cgi'
-bz_cookie = '/var/tmp/bodhi-bz.cookie'
-bz_products = 'Fedora,Fedora EPEL,oVirt'
-
-build_dir = '/mnt/koji/packages'
-<% if environment == "staging" %>
-base_address = 'https://admin.stg.fedoraproject.org'
-<% else %>
-base_address = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org'
-<% end %>
-
-acl_system = 'pkgdb'
-<% if environment == "staging" %>
-pkgdb_url = 'http://localhost/pkgdb'
-<% else %>
-pkgdb_url = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb'
-<% end %>
-
-<% if environment == "staging" %>
-buildsystem = 'dev'
-<% else %>
-buildsystem = 'koji'
-<% end %>
-client_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/bodhi.pem'
-clientca_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/fedora-upload-ca.cert'
-serverca_cert = '/etc/pki/bodhi/fedora-server-ca.cert'
-
-[logging]
-
-[[handlers]]
-
-[[[debug_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/server.log', 'D', 7)"
-level='DEBUG'
-formatter='full_content'
-
-[[[access_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-level='INFO'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/access.log', 'D', 7)"
-formatter='message_only'
-
-[[[error_out]]]
-class='TimedRotatingFileHandler'
-args="('/var/log/bodhi/server.log', 'D', 7)"
-level='ERROR'
-formatter='full_content'
-
-[[loggers]]
-[[[bodhi]]]
-level='DEBUG'
-qualname='bodhi'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-propagate=0
-
-[[[allinfo]]]
-level='INFO'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-propagate=0
-
-#[[[access]]]
-#level='INFO'
-#qualname='turbogears.access'
-#handlers=['debug_out']
-
-[[[turbomail]]]
-level='INFO'
-qualname='turbomail'
-handlers=['debug_out']
-
-[[[urllib3]]]
-level='WARN'
-qualname='urllib3'
-handlers=['debug_out']
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml
index 2ebbb7e75e..52c499aa0f 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@
- config
- bodhi
-#- name: setup /var/log/bodhi directory
-# file: path=/var/log/bodhi owner=bodhi group=bodhi mode=0755 state=directory
-# when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi0')
-# tags:
-# - config
-# - bodhi
-
#- name: check the selinux context of the bugzilla cookie
# command: matchpathcon /var/tmp/bodhi-bz.cookie
# register: cookiecontext