diff --git a/playbooks/groups/darkserver-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/darkserver-backend.yml
index da8747e579..0d770aa0cf 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/darkserver-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/darkserver-backend.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
   pre_tasks:
 
-  - name: "Add koji to hosts file"
-    lineinfile: dest=/etc/hosts line="10.5.125.36	koji koji.fedoraproject.org" state=present  
   - yum: name=libsemanage-python state=present
   - name: "Set SElinux booleans"
     seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect_db state=yes persistent=yes 
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/darkserver-web.yml b/playbooks/groups/darkserver-web.yml
index 21419ae522..58ce2e48f5 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/darkserver-web.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/darkserver-web.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
   pre_tasks:
 
-  - name: "Add koji to hosts file"
-    lineinfile: dest=/etc/hosts line="10.5.125.36	koji koji.fedoraproject.org" state=present  
   - yum: name=libsemanage-python state=present
   - name: "Set SElinux booleans"
     seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect_db state=yes persistent=yes