diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend-newcloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend-newcloud.yml
index 98a4f53945..56252dda3d 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend-newcloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend-newcloud.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/persistent_cloud_new.yml"
   - name: clean out old known_hosts for copr-be-dev
-    local_action: known_hosts path=/root/.ssh/known_hosts host=copr-be-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org state=absent
+    local_action: known_hosts path={{item}} host=copr-be-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org state=absent
     ignore_errors: True
+    with_items:
+    - /root/.ssh/known_hosts
+    - /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/growroot_cloud.yml"
 
 - name: cloud basic setup
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend-newcloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend-newcloud.yml
index 326a435bfd..fb3a39af37 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend-newcloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-frontend-newcloud.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
   - name: clean out old known_hosts for copr-fe-dev
     local_action: known_hosts path=/root/.ssh/known_hosts host=copr-fe-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org state=absent
     ignore_errors: True
+    with_items:
+    - /root/.ssh/known_hosts
+    - /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/growroot_cloud.yml"