diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
index 03f98b5d67..5ec254a2a2 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_workers
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ openqa_env: production
 # we are all NFS workers for now at least
 openqa_nfs_worker: true
 
-# qemu build with fix for snapshots on qxl; not a scratch build,
-# just getting it deployed ahead of the updates-testing push
-openqa_scratch: ["78533572"]
-
 deployment_type: prod
 freezes: false