diff --git a/playbooks/groups/buildvm.yml b/playbooks/groups/buildvm.yml
index 2bea69ccd6..3c91668bb8 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/buildvm.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/buildvm.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         role: nfs/client,
         mnt_dir: "/mnt/fedora_koji",
         nfs_src_dir: "{{ koji_hub_nfs }}",
-        when: "env == 'staging' or createrepo or 'runroot' in group_names",
+        when: "env == 'staging' or createrepo or 'runroot' in group_names and not inventory_hostname.startswith('buildvm-s390x')",
       }
     - role: nfs/client
       mnt_dir: '/mnt/koji/ostree'