diff --git a/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml
index b7f7029462..a8482911d2 100644
--- a/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dnf-automatic/tasks/main.yml
@@ -61,4 +61,7 @@
     command: systemctl start dnf-automatic-install.timer
     when: automaticative|failed and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 26
 
+  - name: disable silly makecache timer
+    systemd: name=dnf-makecache masked=yes
+
   when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'dnf'