diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients
index b30ba6f076..859aa0e0a5 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ tcp_ports: [ "{{ buildslave_port }}" ]
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/qavirt-sudoers"
 freezes: false
 
+# this enables extra repos during dnf install but that's broken right now, remember to re-enable
+# extra_enablerepos: 'infrastructure-testing'
+extra_enablerepos: ''
+
 
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 # buildslave config