diff --git a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
index d1374c319e..74703d2e68 100644
--- a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
@@ -152,11 +152,6 @@
   copy: src="rawhide" dest=/etc/cron.d/rawhide
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('rawhide-composer')
 
-# put cron job in for s390 branched compose
-- name: s390 branched compose cron
-  copy: src="s390.branched" dest=/etc/cron.d/branched
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('compose-s390-01')
-
 # put cron job in for two-week nightly compose
 - name: twoweek compose cron
   copy: src="twoweek-updates" dest=/etc/cron.d/twoweek-updates