diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/batcave02.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/batcave02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
deleted file mode 100644
index b8087df1e4..0000000000
--- a/inventory/host_vars/batcave02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-datacenter: iad2
-eth0_ipv4_gw: 10.3.163.254
-eth0_ipv4_ip: 10.3.163.112
-ks_repo: http://38.145.60.16/repo/rhel/RHEL9-x86_64/
-ks_url: http://38.145.60.16/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-rhel
-sar_output_file: koji.json
-#host_backup_targets: ['/git', '/mnt/fedora/app/attachments']
-
-# GDPR SAR variables - koji
-sar_script: /usr/local/bin/koji_sar.py
-sar_script_user: root
-# Add VPN host name as alt name for SSH cert.  Useful when you need to
-# SSH into batcave through VPN, like from bastion in a different DC.
-ssh_hostnames:
-  - batcave01.vpn.fedoraproject.org
-vmhost: vmhost-x86-01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
-volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 784249aaae..d2b08a40f5 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ kojipkgs02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [infracore]
 batcave01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
-batcave02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 noc01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 noc02.fedoraproject.org
@@ -263,12 +262,10 @@ log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [batcave]
 batcave01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
-batcave02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 #batcave13.rdu2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [batcave_iad2]
 batcave01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
-batcave02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [ipa]
 ipa01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -734,7 +731,6 @@ noc01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 bastion01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 bastion02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 batcave01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
-batcave02.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 certgetter01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 db-openqa01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 dl01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml
index 00cea2752c..5437bfb049 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,22 +16,6 @@
   tags:
   - packages
   - ansible-server
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('batcave01')
-
-- name: install needed packages (rhel9)
-  package:
-    name:
-      - ansible-core
-      - git-core
-      - ansible-collection-ansible-posix
-      - ansible-collection-community-general
-      - ansible-collection-community-mysql
-      - ansible-collection-community-libvirt
-      - ansible-collection-community-rabbitmq
-  tags:
-  - packages
-  - ansible-server
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('batcave02')
 
 - name: generate default ansible config
   template: src=ansible.cfg.j2 dest=/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg owner=root group=root mode=0644