diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/hotness b/inventory/group_vars/hotness
deleted file mode 100644
index e29f4ddf75..0000000000
--- a/inventory/group_vars/hotness
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-# Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
-lvm_size: 20000
-mem_size: 2048
-num_cpus: 2
-
-# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
-# the host_vars/$hostname file
-
-tcp_ports: [ 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003 ]
-
-fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-veteran
-
-sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/hotness-sudoers"
-
-# These people get told when something goes wrong.
-fedmsg_error_recipients:
-- pingou@fedoraproject.org
-- phracek@redhat.com
-- thozza@redhat.com
-- jeremy@jcline.org
-- mkonecny@redhat.com
-
-# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
-fedmsg_certs:
-- service: shell
-  owner: root
-  group: sysadmin
-  can_send:
-  - logger.log
-- service: hotness
-  owner: root
-  group: fedmsg
-  can_send:
-  - hotness.project.map
-  - hotness.update.bug.file
-  - hotness.update.bug.followup
-  - hotness.update.drop
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/hotness_stg b/inventory/group_vars/hotness_stg
deleted file mode 100644
index 210da56f13..0000000000
--- a/inventory/group_vars/hotness_stg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-# Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
-lvm_size: 20000
-mem_size: 1024
-num_cpus: 1
-
-# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
-# the host_vars/$hostname file
-
-tcp_ports: [ 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003 ]
-
-fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-veteran
-
-sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/hotness-sudoers"
-
-# These people get told when something goes wrong.
-fedmsg_error_recipients:
-- pingou@fedoraproject.org
-- phracek@redhat.com
-- thozza@redhat.com
-- jeremy@jcline.org
-- mkonecny@redhat.com
-
-# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
-fedmsg_certs:
-- service: shell
-  owner: root
-  group: sysadmin
-  can_send:
-  - logger.log
-- service: hotness
-  owner: root
-  group: fedmsg
-  can_send:
-  - hotness.project.map
-  - hotness.update.bug.file
-  - hotness.update.bug.followup
-  - hotness.update.drop
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index f6ac1a42d6..5a2b0672d7 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -382,12 +382,6 @@ fas03.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 [fas_stg]
 fas01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
-[hotness]
-hotness01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-
-[hotness_stg]
-hotness01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-
 [kerneltest]
 kerneltest01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
@@ -759,7 +753,6 @@ freshmaker-backend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 freshmaker-frontend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 github2fedmsg01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 happinesspackets-stg.fedorainfracloud.org
-hotness01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 ipa01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 kerneltest01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 koji01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -956,7 +949,6 @@ busgateway
 bugyou
 fedimg
 freshmaker_backend
-hotness
 mbs_backend
 notifs_backend
 pdc_backend
@@ -969,7 +961,6 @@ busgateway_stg
 bugyou_stg
 fedimg_stg
 freshmaker_backend_stg
-hotness_stg
 mbs_backend_stg
 notifs_backend_stg
 pdc_backend_stg