diff --git a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
index 2b40e49284..3eecc5ddd9 100644
--- a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
@@ -155,13 +155,6 @@
   file: state=link src=/mnt/fedora_koji/koji dest=/mnt/koji
   when: "'releng_compose' in group_names or 'releng_stg' in group_names"
 
-- name: add pkgs for nightly compose
-  package:
-    state: present
-    name:
-    - packagedb-cli
-  when: "'releng_compose' in group_names"
-
 # Add skopeo for OCI Image management, only in stage first for testing
 - name: add pkgs for OCI Image management
   package: