diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg
index efa94c41cb..4787924b15 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-backend-stg
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 
 odcs_allowed_source_types: ["tag", "raw_config", "module"]
 odcs_pungi_runroot_enabled: True
-odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client", "kernel"]
+odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client", "lorax"]
 odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_tag: f26-build
 odcs_pungi_runroot_target_dir_url: http://kojipkgs.stg.fedoraproject.org/compose/odcs
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg
index 0cb9af19bf..f294dfa73a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/odcs-frontend-stg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 
 odcs_allowed_source_types: ["tag", "raw_config", "module"]
 odcs_pungi_runroot_enabled: True
-odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client", "kernel"]
+odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_packages: ["pungi", "fedora-packager", "python2-modulemd", "python2-pdc-client", "lorax"]
 odcs_pungi_parent_runroot_tag: f26-build
 odcs_pungi_runroot_target_dir_url: http://kojipkgs.stg.fedoraproject.org/compose/odcs
 
diff --git a/roles/odcs/base/files/pungi.conf b/roles/odcs/base/files/pungi.conf
index 3b01255259..808cde4ec0 100644
--- a/roles/odcs/base/files/pungi.conf
+++ b/roles/odcs/base/files/pungi.conf
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ sigkeys = [None]
 hashed_directories = True
 
 # RUNROOT settings
-runroot = True
-runroot_tag = "f26-build"
-runroot_channel = "compose"
+#runroot = True
+#runroot_tag = "f26-build"
+#runroot_channel = "compose"
 
 # PDC settings
 pdc_url = '{{ config.pdc_url }}'