diff --git a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
index fc7dc883b2..1fe634bf71 100644
--- a/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/releng/tasks/main.yml
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@
   copy: src="docker-updates" dest=/etc/cron.d/docker-updates
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('compose-x86-01')
 
-# put cron job in for purging nightly amis
-- name: purge nightly amis cron
-  template: src=purge-amis.j2 dest=/etc/cron.d/purge-amis
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('compose-x86-01')
-
 - name: install compose /etc/httpd/conf.d/compose.conf file
   copy: >
     src="compose.conf"
diff --git a/roles/releng/templates/purge-amis.j2 b/roles/releng/templates/purge-amis.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index a8ae092e51..0000000000
--- a/roles/releng/templates/purge-amis.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Remove launch permissions from the AMIs after every 5 days
-0 0 */5 * * root TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/purgeamis.XXXXXX` && pushd $TMPDIR && git clone https://pagure.io/releng.git && cd releng/scripts && AWS_ACCESS_KEY='{{ ec2_image_delete_access_key_id }}' AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='{{ ec2_image_delete_access_key }}' ./clean-amis.py --change-perms && popd && rm -rf $TMPDIR
-
-# Delete the AMIs after every 10 days.
-0 0 */10 * * root TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/purgeamis.XXXXXX` && pushd $TMPDIR && git clone https://pagure.io/releng.git && cd releng/scripts && AWS_ACCESS_KEY='{{ ec2_image_delete_access_key_id }}' AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='{{ ec2_image_delete_access_key }}' ./clean-amis.py --delete && popd && rm -rf $TMPDIR