diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
index 41400966d4..8219221fec 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ openqa_env_suffix:
 openqa_key: "{{ prod_openqa_apikey }}"
 # all our workers need NFS access
 openqa_nfs_workers: "{{ groups['openqa_workers'] }}"
+# use updates-testing for now to get 2023-05 updates
+openqa_repo: updates-testing
 openqa_resultsdb_url: https://resultsdb.fedoraproject.org/api/v2.0/
 openqa_resultsdb_user: "{{ prod_resultsdb_httpd_user }}"
 openqa_resultsdb_password: "{{ prod_resultsdb_httpd_password }}"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
index be3298d9f7..b97d180ca4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ openqa_nfs_workers: "{{ groups['openqa_lab_workers'] }}"
 # install openQA from updates-testing - this is staging, we live
 # ON THE EDGE (radical guitar riff)
 openqa_repo: updates-testing
-# 2023-05 update scratch builds for testing
-openqa_scratch: ["101559263"]
 openqa_resultsdb_url: https://resultsdb.stg.fedoraproject.org/api/v2.0/
 openqa_resultsdb_user: "{{ stg_resultsdb_httpd_user }}"
 openqa_resultsdb_password: "{{ stg_resultsdb_httpd_password }}"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
index 91dc8b2c75..2de4f878e1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ openqa_nfs_worker: true
 # install openQA and os-autoinst from updates-testing - this is
 # staging, we live ON THE EDGE (radical guitar riff)
 openqa_repo: updates-testing
-# 2023-05 update scratch builds for testing
-openqa_scratch: ["101559263", "101559975"]
 openqa_secret: "{{ stg_openqa_apisecret }}"
 openqa_workers: 4
 primary_auth_source: ipa
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
index ae6fe400e7..7513eada70 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ openqa_hostname: openqa01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 openqa_key: "{{ prod_openqa_apikey }}"
 # we are all NFS workers for now at least
 openqa_nfs_worker: true
+# use updates-testing for now to get 2023-05 updates
+openqa_repo: updates-testing
 openqa_secret: "{{ prod_openqa_apisecret }}"
 openqa_workers: 4
 primary_auth_source: ipa