diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
index 8858254366..52fc1b0978 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ grokmirror_basedir: /var/lib/git/mirror
 grokmirror_user: grokmirror
 grokmirror_repos:
   - { name: fedoraqa/rpmlint, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-rpmlint.git'}
-  - { name: fedoraqa/depcheck, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-depcheck.git'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/upgradepath, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-upgradepath.git'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/dockerautotest, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-dockerautotest.git'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/abicheck, url: 'https://pagure.io/task-abicheck.git'}
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
index 6677ee3650..a6b91702f8 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-stg
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ grokmirror_basedir: /var/lib/git/mirror
 grokmirror_user: grokmirror
 grokmirror_repos:
   - { name: fedoraqa/rpmlint, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-rpmlint.git'}
-  - { name: fedoraqa/depcheck, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-depcheck.git'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/upgradepath, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-upgradepath.git'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/dockerautotest, url: 'https://bitbucket.org/fedoraqa/task-dockerautotest.git'}
   - { name: fedoraqa/abicheck, url: 'https://pagure.io/task-abicheck.git'}
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2 b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
index cbc52340b7..1145ccab9a 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
     - {tasks: [abicheck]}
 - when: {message_type: KojiTagChanged}
   do:
+{% if deployment_type in ['dev', 'stg'] %}
+    - {tasks: [rpmdeplint]}
+{% else %}
     - {tasks: [depcheck, rpmdeplint]}
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if deployment_type not in ['stg'] %}
 {# stg bodhi doesn't have the info we need, stg koji doesn't have the builds from prod bodhi #}
 - when: