diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
index b92e904aa2..1d74442217 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
   tasks:
   - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/cloud_setup_basic.yml"
 
-  - name: "set hostname (required by some services, at least postfix need it)"
-    hostname: name="{{copr_hostbase}}.cloud.fedoraproject.org"
+# this should be set to ansible_hostname
+#  - name: "set hostname (required by some services, at least postfix need it)"
+#    hostname: name="{{copr_hostbase}}.cloud.fedoraproject.org"
+#    when: env != 'production'
 
 - name: provision instance
   hosts: copr_back_dev:copr_back_stg:copr_back:copr_back_dev_aws