diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
index 160f90c0d5..8196213c66 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ dist_repo_lifetime = 7257600
 ; you can end with weird behaviour. For details see
 ; https://pagure.io/koji/issue/2159
 check_external_repos = True
+
+; don't attempt to remove repos on non-default volumes
+ignore_other_volumes = True