diff --git a/tasks/koji/base_builder.yml b/tasks/koji/base_builder.yml
index 37e12e157b..4baba84e35 100644
--- a/tasks/koji/base_builder.yml
+++ b/tasks/koji/base_builder.yml
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@
   only_if: "'${inventory_hostname}'.startswith('build')"
 
 # mock configs for pungify job
+# TODO: restore this to "copy:", this is a temporary "fix" for https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/4377
 - name: put extra special  mock configs in
-  copy: src=$files/kojibuilder/builders/$item dest=/etc/mock/$item mode=644
+  template: src=$files/kojibuilder/builders/$item dest=/etc/mock/$item mode=644
   with_items:
     - fedora-branched-pungi-armhfp.cfg
     - fedora-branched-pungi-i386.cfg