diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 1ab2141939..7b600f4085 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -147,13 +147,6 @@
 #
 # cron job that syncs packages to koji
 #
-- name: Remove the old owner-sync-pagure script.
-  file: dest=/usr/local/bin/owner-sync-pagure state=absent
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - bodhi
-  - cron
-
 - name: put owner-sync-pagure in place
   template: src=owner-sync-pagure.j2 dest=/usr/local/bin/owner-sync-pagure mode=0755
   tags: