diff --git a/files/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-epel.repo b/files/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-epel.repo
deleted file mode 100644
index 867bbeaa19..0000000000
--- a/files/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-epel.repo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[maxamillion-atomic-reactor]
-name=Copr repo for atomic-reactor owned by maxamillion
-baseurl=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/maxamillion/atomic-reactor/epel-7-$basearch/
-skip_if_unavailable=True
-gpgcheck=1
-gpgkey=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/maxamillion/atomic-reactor/pubkey.gpg
-enabled=1
-enabled_metadata=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-fedora.repo b/files/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-fedora.repo
deleted file mode 100644
index 6879f370a7..0000000000
--- a/files/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-fedora.repo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[maxamillion-atomic-reactor]
-name=Copr repo for atomic-reactor owned by maxamillion
-baseurl=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/maxamillion/atomic-reactor/fedora-$releasever-$basearch/
-skip_if_unavailable=True
-gpgcheck=1
-gpgkey=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/maxamillion/atomic-reactor/pubkey.gpg
-enabled=1
-enabled_metadata=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/osbs_repos.yml b/tasks/osbs_repos.yml
index 027b788a6e..82319b769b 100644
--- a/tasks/osbs_repos.yml
+++ b/tasks/osbs_repos.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 ---
 
 - name: install the atomic-reactor copr repo (fedora)
-  copy:
-    src: "{{files}}/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-fedora.repo"
+  file:
     dest: "/etc/yum.repos.d/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-fedora.repo"
+    state: absent
   when: env == "staging" and is_fedora is defined
 
 - name: install the atomic-reactor copr repo (epel)
-  copy:
-    src: "{{files}}/osbs/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-epel.repo"
+  file:
     dest: "/etc/yum.repos.d/maxamillion-atomic-reactor-epel.repo"
   when: env == "staging" and is_rhel is defined