diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/dist-git.conf b/roles/distgit/files/dist-git.conf
index 99ae622f8e..213a733ff0 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/files/dist-git.conf
+++ b/roles/distgit/files/dist-git.conf
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 git_author_name  = Fedora Release Engineering
 git_author_email = rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org
 
-cache_dir   = /srv/cache
-gitroot_dir = /srv/git/repositories
-gitolite    = True
+# obsoleted by lookaside_dir option
+cache_dir     = /srv/cache
 
-cache_dir_override = /srv/cache/lookaside/pkgs
+lookaside_dir = /srv/cache/lookaside/pkgs
+gitroot_dir   = /srv/git/repositories
+gitolite      = True
 
 default_namespace = rpms