diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
index ad2f86d57b..5340f6608b 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
    - /srv/private/ansible/files/openstack/passwords.yml
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/persistent_cloud_new.yml"
-  - name: clean out old known_hosts for copr-be-dev
-    local_action: known_hosts path={{item}} host=copr-be-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org state=absent
-    ignore_errors: True
-    with_items:
-    - /root/.ssh/known_hosts
-    - /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/growroot_cloud.yml"
 
 - name: cloud basic setup
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend.yml
index 01927747e9..3e3da93874 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,8 @@
 
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/persistent_cloud_new.yml"
-  - name: clean out old known_hosts for copr-fe-dev
-    local_action: known_hosts path={{item}} host=copr-fe-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org state=absent
-    ignore_errors: True
-    with_items:
-    - /root/.ssh/known_hosts
-    - /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/growroot_cloud.yml"
 
-
 - name: cloud basic setup
   hosts: copr-front-stg:copr-front
   # hosts: copr-front
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-keygen.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-keygen.yml
index 72483ad491..ac7380890f 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-keygen.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-keygen.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,8 @@
 
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/persistent_cloud_new.yml"
-  - name: clean out old known_hosts for copr-keygen
-    local_action: known_hosts path={{item}} host=copr-keygen.cloud.fedoraproject.org state=absent
-    ignore_errors: True
-    with_items:
-    - /root/.ssh/known_hosts
-    - /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/growroot_cloud.yml"
 
-
 - name: cloud basic setup
   hosts: copr-keygen-stg:copr-keygen
   # hosts: copr-keygen