diff --git a/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml b/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml
index 062be0c53b..449480df96 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
    - { role: hosts, tags: ['hosts']}
    - { role: fas_client, tags: ['fas_client'] }
    - { role: collectd/base, tags: ['collectd_base'] }
-   - { role: yum-cron, tags: ['yumcron'] }
    - { role: sudo, tags: ['sudo'] }
    - role: openvpn/client
    - apache
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-stg.yml b/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-stg.yml
index 75b82224b0..3b840153f5 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-stg.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-stg.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
    - { role: hosts, tags: ['hosts']}
    - { role: fas_client, tags: ['fas_client'] }
    - { role: collectd/base, tags: ['collectd_base'] }
-   - { role: yum-cron, tags: ['yumcron'] }
    - { role: sudo, tags: ['sudo'] }
    - apache
    - fedmsg/base
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-prod.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-prod.yml
index 713d6fa950..c8e6db8282 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-prod.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-prod.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
    - { role: hosts, tags: ['hosts']}
    - { role: fas_client, tags: ['fas_client'] }
    - { role: collectd/base, tags: ['collectd_base'] }
-   - { role: yum-cron, tags: ['yumcron'] }
    - { role: sudo, tags: ['sudo'] }
    - { role: openvpn/client,
        when: env != "staging", tags: ['openvpn_client'] }
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg-clients.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg-clients.yml
index 77ffe171ea..269af3d04e 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg-clients.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg-clients.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
    - { role: hosts, tags: ['hosts']}
    - { role: fas_client, tags: ['fas_client'] }
    - { role: collectd/base, tags: ['collectd_base'] }
-   - { role: yum-cron, tags: ['yumcron'] }
    - { role: sudo, tags: ['sudo'] }
 
   tasks:
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg.yml
index 3b163618c6..dda7084c03 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
    - { role: hosts, tags: ['hosts']}
    - { role: fas_client, tags: ['fas_client'] }
    - { role: collectd/base, tags: ['collectd_base'] }
-   - { role: yum-cron, tags: ['yumcron'] }
    - { role: sudo, tags: ['sudo'] }
    - apache