diff --git a/roles/datagrepper/files/fedmsg-hub b/roles/datagrepper/files/fedmsg-hub
deleted file mode 100644
index e92b4c31dc..0000000000
--- a/roles/datagrepper/files/fedmsg-hub
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# puppet/modules/datagrepper/templates/fedmsg-hub.erb
-__requires__ = ['fedmsg', 'SQLAlchemy >= 0.7', 'jinja2 >= 2.4']
-import os
-import sys
-from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
-os.environ['DATAGREPPER_CONFIG'] = '/etc/datagrepper/datagrepper.cfg'
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(
-        load_entry_point('fedmsg', 'console_scripts', 'fedmsg-hub')()
-    )
diff --git a/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml b/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
index e66378c6cd..963d1f2e69 100644
--- a/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@
   - config
   - datagrepper
 
-#- name: adding fedmsg-hub binary
-#  file: src=fedmsg-hub dest=/usr/bin/fedmsg-hub owner=root group=root mode=755
-#  notify:
-#  - restart fedmsg-hub
-#  tags:
-#  - config
-#  - datagrepper
-
 - name: ensure selinux lets httpd talk to the database
   seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect_db persistent=yes state=yes
   tags:
@@ -67,20 +59,5 @@
   tags:
   - datagrepper
 
-- name: check the selinux context of cache dir
-  command: matchpathcon /var/cache/datagrepper
-  register: cachedir
-  always_run: yes
-  changed_when: "1 != 1"
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - selinux
-
-- name: adding datagrepper dir in httpd context
-  command: semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_cache_t "/var/cache/datagrepper(/.*)?"
-  when: cachedir.stdout.find('httpd_cache_t') == -1
-  tags:
-  - datagrepper
-
 # selinux policy has been intentionally omitted since that is obtained from fedmsg/base