diff --git a/roles/copr/base/files/systemd/oomd.conf.d/50-swap.conf b/roles/copr/base/files/systemd/oomd.conf.d/50-swap.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f0cb1de8f..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/base/files/systemd/oomd.conf.d/50-swap.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[OOM]
-SwapUsedLimit=80
diff --git a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
index 7dfa565d97..9475a8ad90 100644
--- a/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
-- name: install custom systemd service files
-  copy: src=systemd dest=/etc
-  tags:
-  - config
-  notify: restart systemd-oomd
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941170
+- name: mask the systemd-oomd service
+  systemd:
+    name: systemd-oomd
+    state: stopped
+    enabled: no
+    masked: yes
 
 - name: configure crond
   copy: src=sysconfig.crond dest=/etc/sysconfig/crond