diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
index 2268222027..2e1afbc6c7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ resultsdb_frontend_url: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/
 resultsdb_endpoint: resultsdb
 landingpage_title: "Taskotron Development"
 deployment_type: dev
+tcp_ports: [ 80, 443, "{{ buildslave_port }}" ]
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients
index bebec2b0af..b7f99a04eb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev-clients
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ bodhi_server: http://10.5.124.142/fakefedorainfra/bodhi/
 kojihub_url: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/kojihub
 taskotron_master: http://taskotron-dev.fedoraproject.org/taskmaster/
 deployment_type: dev
+slave_home: /home/buildslave/
+slave_dir: /home/buildslave/slave
+slave_user: buildslave
+buildmaster: 10.5.124.230
+buildslave_port: 9989
+tcp_ports: [ "{{ buildslave_port }}" ]
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
index c2c474ea8a..36a027fdc9 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildslave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,16 +16,3 @@
 
 - name: add the buildslave user
   user: name=buildslave
-
-- name: add ports for buildslaves (fedora)
-  command: firewall-cmd --permanent {{ item }}
-  when: is_fedora
-  with_items:
-    - --add-port={{ buildslave_port }}/tcp
-
-- name: add ports for buildslaves (rhel)
-  command: lokkit -p '{{ item }}:tcp'
-  when: is_rhel
-  with_items:
-    - "{{ buildslave_port }}"
-