diff --git a/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml b/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
index ebf1f1feb1..5bd15e8497 100644
--- a/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
+++ b/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
@@ -58,3 +58,8 @@
   - fedmsg
   tags:
   - packages
+
+- name: remove fedmsg .rpmnew cruft.
+  file: path=/etc/fedmsg.d/*.rpmnew state=absent
+  tags:
+  - config