diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 9b813d2067..8746036235 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   # bodhi2/backend/files/koji_sync_listener.py
   # This cronjob runs only once a day.  The listener script runs reactively.
   cron: name="owner-sync" minute="15" hour="4" user="root"
-      job="/usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper owner-sync '/usr/local/bin/owner-sync-pagure f36 f36-container f36-modular f35 f35-container f35-modular f34 f34-container f34-modular epel9 epel9-next epel8 epel8-next epel8-playground epel8-modular epel7 module-package-list modular'"
+      job="/usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper owner-sync '/usr/local/bin/owner-sync-pagure f36 f36-container f36-modular f35 f35-container f35-modular f34 f34-container f34-modular epel9 epel9-next epel8 epel8-next epel8-modular epel7 module-package-list modular'"
       cron_file=update-koji-owner
   when: env == "production"
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji_sync_listener.toml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji_sync_listener.toml
index 92b21a7c6b..001b39cabd 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji_sync_listener.toml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji_sync_listener.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ taglist = [
     "epel9-next",
     "epel8",
     "epel8-next",
-    "epel8-playground",
     "epel8-modular",
     "epel7",
     "module-package-list",
diff --git a/roles/releng/files/epel8-playground b/roles/releng/files/epel8-playground
deleted file mode 100644
index f316749fb4..0000000000
--- a/roles/releng/files/epel8-playground
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# epel8-playground compose
-MAILTO=releng-cron@lists.fedoraproject.org
-15 5 * * * root TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/epel8-playground.XXXXXX` && chmod 755 $TMPDIR && cd $TMPDIR && git clone https://pagure.io/pungi-fedora.git && cd pungi-fedora && git checkout epel8-playground && /usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper epel8-playground-compose "PYTHONMALLOC=debug LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ./epel8-playground-nightly.sh" && sudo -u ftpsync /usr/local/bin/update-fullfiletimelist -l /pub/fedora-secondary/update-fullfiletimelist.lock -t /pub epel
diff --git a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
index 120d22acad..f560f38b6d 100644
--- a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
@@ -195,11 +195,6 @@
   copy: src="rawhide-iot" dest=/etc/cron.d/rawhide-iot
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('compose-iot-01.iad2')
 
-# put cron job in for epel8-playground compose
-- name: epel8-playground compose cron
-  copy: src="epel8-playground" dest=/etc/cron.d/epel8-playground
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('compose-branched01.iad2')
-
 - name: Create /etc/pki/fedora-messaging
   file:
     dest: /etc/pki/fedora-messaging
diff --git a/roles/robosignatory/templates/robosignatory.toml.j2 b/roles/robosignatory/templates/robosignatory.toml.j2
index f90c1274fc..14e481def7 100644
--- a/roles/robosignatory/templates/robosignatory.toml.j2
+++ b/roles/robosignatory/templates/robosignatory.toml.j2
@@ -260,13 +260,6 @@ handlers = ["console"]
             keyid = "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary('2f86d6a1', 'd300e724') }}"
             type = "modular"
 
-            [[consumer_config.koji_instances.primary.tags]]
-            from = "el8_playground-modular-updates-candidate"
-            to = "epel8-playground-modular"
-            key = "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary('epel-8', 'testkey') }}"
-            keyid = "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary('2f86d6a1', 'd300e724') }}"
-            type = "modular"
-
             # Gated bodhi updates
 
             [[consumer_config.koji_instances.primary.tags]]
@@ -299,12 +292,6 @@ handlers = ["console"]
             to = '<sidetag>-testing-pending'
             trusted_taggers = ['bodhi']
 
-            [[consumer_config.koji_instances.primary.tags]]
-            from = "epel8-playground-pending"
-            to = "epel8-playground"
-            key = "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary('epel-8', 'testkey') }}"
-            keyid = "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary('2f86d6a1', 'd300e724') }}"
-
             [[consumer_config.koji_instances.primary.tags]]
             from = "epel8-next-signing-pending"
             to = "epel8-next-testing-pending"