diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common
index 8382f8f231..3ae89aa194 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common
@@ -59,42 +59,3 @@ openqa_amqp_smtp: bastion
 
 # http and NFS
 tcp_ports: [80, 2049]
-
-# These people get told when something goes wrong.
-fedmsg_error_recipients:
-- adamwill@fedoraproject.org
-- lruzicka@fedoraproject.org
-
-# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
-fedmsg_certs:
-- service: shell
-  owner: root
-  group: sysadmin
-  can_send:
-  - logger.log
-- service: openqa
-  owner: root
-  group: geekotest
-  can_send:
-  - openqa.comment.create
-  - openqa.comment.update
-  - openqa.comment.delete
-  - openqa.job.create
-  - openqa.job.delete
-  - openqa.job.cancel
-  - openqa.job.duplicate
-  - openqa.job.restart
-  - openqa.jobs.restart
-  - openqa.job.update.result
-  - openqa.job.done
-- service: ci
-  owner: root
-  group: geekotest
-  can_send:
-  - ci.productmd-compose.test.queued
-  - ci.productmd-compose.test.running
-  - ci.productmd-compose.test.complete
-  - ci.productmd-compose.test.error
-
-# we need this to log with fedmsg-logger
-fedmsg_active: True