diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
index 26dd5aaa08..6dabf10f4c 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@
   when:
   - prepare_base_image is not defined
 
+- name: "Link Mock EPEL 8 configs to rhel+epel-8"
+  file:
+    src: "/etc/mock/rhel+epel-8-{{ item }}.cfg"
+    force: true
+    path: "/etc/mock/epel-8-{{ item }}.cfg"
+    state: link
+  loop:
+    - x86_64
+    - aarch64
+    - ppc64le
+  tags:
+  - provision_config
+  when: devel|bool
+
 - name: don't remove rpmnew files, but always use them
   lineinfile: state=absent regexp='^find /etc/mock.*-delete'
               path=/usr/bin/copr-update-builder
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/setup_provisioning_environment.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/setup_provisioning_environment.yml
index 9dd3be0560..3991adcd89 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/setup_provisioning_environment.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/setup_provisioning_environment.yml
@@ -14,20 +14,6 @@
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
-- name: "Link Mock EPEL 8 configs to rhel+epel-8"
-  file:
-    src: "/etc/mock/rhel+epel-8-{{ item }}.cfg"
-    force: true
-    path: "/etc/mock/epel-8-{{ item }}.cfg"
-    state: link
-  loop:
-    - x86_64
-    - aarch64
-    - ppc64le
-  tags:
-  - provision_config
-  when: devel|bool
-
 - name: resalloc, generate vars.yml file
   template:
     src: "{{ roles_path }}/copr/backend/templates/provision/{{ item }}"