diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
index 6127fcf3f6..84c2b1cbb2 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
     - infra-tags.repo
 
 - name: disable updates-testing
-  shell: rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
+  file:
+    path: /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
+    state: absent
 
 - shell: dnf -y upgrade
   when: prepare_base_image is defined