diff --git a/master.yml b/master.yml
index ee08ce6e67..db61d0410f 100644
--- a/master.yml
+++ b/master.yml
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
 - import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/smtp-mm.yml
 - import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/sundries.yml
 - import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/tang.yml
-- import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml
-- import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml
 - import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/torrent.yml
 - import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/unbound.yml
 - import_playbook: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/value.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f58c6ad521..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# create a new taskotron client host server system
-# NOTE: should be used with --limit most of the time
-# NOTE: most of these vars_path come from group_vars/backup_server or from hostvars
-# This has an extra role that configures the virthost to be used with beaker for
-# virtual machine clients
-
-- name: basic configuration
-  hosts: taskotron_dev_client_hosts:taskotron_stg_client_hosts:taskotron_prod_client_hosts
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: True
-
-  vars_files:
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  pre_tasks:
-  - include_vars: dir=/srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/all/ ignore_files=README
-  - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/yumrepos.yml"
-
-  roles:
-  - base
-  - rkhunter
-  - nagios_client
-  - hosts
-  - fas_client
-  - collectd/base
-  - sudo
-  - { role: openvpn/client, when: datacenter != "phx2" }
-
-  tasks:
-  - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/2fa_client.yml"
-  - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/motd.yml"
-
-  handlers:
-  - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
-
-#- name: configure taskotron imagefactory
-#  hosts: qa11.qa.fedoraproject.org:qa12.qa.fedoraproject.org
-#  user: root
-#  gather_facts: True
-#
-#  vars_files:
-#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-#   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-#
-#  roles:
-#   - { role: taskotron/imagefactory, tags: ['taskotronimagefactory'] }
-#
-#  handlers:
-#   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
-#
-#- name: configure taskotron client host
-#  hosts: taskotron_dev_client_hosts:taskotron_stg_client_hosts:taskotron_prod_client_hosts
-#  user: root
-#  gather_facts: True
-#
-#  vars_files:
-#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-#   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-#
-#  roles:
-#   - { role: taskotron/taskotron-client, tags: ['taskotronclient'] }
-#   - { role: taskotron/imagefactory-client, tags: ['imagefactoryclient']}
-#   - { role: taskotron/buildslave, tags: ['buildslave'] }
-#   - { role: taskotron/buildslave-configure, tags: ['buildslaveconfigure'] }
-#
-#  handlers:
-#   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
-#
-#
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 62acc7fea1..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
----
-# create a new taskotron server
-# NOTE: make sure there is room/space for this server on the vmhost
-# NOTE: most of these vars_path come from group_vars/mirrorlist or from hostvars
-
-- import_playbook: "/srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/include/virt-create.yml myhosts=taskotron_dev:taskotron_stg:taskotron_prod"
-
-- name: make the box be real
-  hosts: taskotron_dev:taskotron_stg:taskotron_prod
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: True
-
-  vars_files:
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  pre_tasks:
-  - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/yumrepos.yml"
-
-  roles:
-   - { role: base, tags: ['base'] }
-   - { role: rkhunter, tags: ['rkhunter'] }
-   - { role: nagios_client, tags: ['nagios_client'] }
-   - { role: hosts, tags: ['hosts']}
-   - { role: fas_client, tags: ['fas_client'] }
-   - { role: collectd/base, tags: ['collectd_base'] }
-   - { role: dnf-automatic, tags: ['dnfautomatic'] }
-   - { role: sudo, tags: ['sudo'] }
-   - { role: openvpn/client,
-       when: deployment_type == "prod", tags: ['openvpn_client'] }
-   - apache
-   - { role: fedmsg/base }
-
-  tasks:
-  # this is how you include other task lists
-  - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/2fa_client.yml"
-  - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/motd.yml"
-
-  handlers:
-   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
-
-# taskotron systems are in the process of being decomissioned
-#- name: configure taskotron master
-#  hosts: taskotron_dev:taskotron_stg:taskotron_prod
-#  user: root
-#  gather_facts: True
-#
-#  vars_files:
-#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-#   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-#
-#  roles:
-#   - { role: nfs/client, mnt_dir: '/srv/taskotron/',  nfs_src_dir: 'fedora_taskotron_dev', nfs_mount_opts: 'rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3,sec=sys', when: deployment_type == 'dev' }
-#   - { role: nfs/client, mnt_dir: '/srv/taskotron/',  nfs_src_dir: 'fedora_taskotron_stg', nfs_mount_opts: 'rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3,sec=sys', when: deployment_type == 'stg' }
-#   - { role: nfs/client, mnt_dir: '/srv/taskotron/',  nfs_src_dir: 'fedora_taskotron_prod', nfs_mount_opts: 'rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3,sec=sys', when: deployment_type == 'prod' }
-#   - { role: taskotron/grokmirror, tags: ['grokmirror'] }
-##   - { role: taskotron/cgit, tags: ['cgit'] }
-#   - { role: taskotron/buildmaster, tags: ['buildmaster'] }
-#   - { role: taskotron/buildmaster-configure, tags: ['buildmasterconfig'] }
-#   - { role: taskotron/taskotron-trigger, tags: ['trigger'] }
-#   - { role: taskotron/taskotron-frontend, tags: ['frontend'] }
-#   - { role: taskotron/taskotron-master, tags: ['taskotronmaster'] }
-#
-#  handlers:
-#   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
-#
-- name: configure standalone taskotron host
-  hosts: taskotron_dev
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: True
-
-  vars_files:
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  roles:
-   - { role: taskotron/taskotron-proxy, tags: ['taskotronproxy'] }
-   - { role: taskotron/ssl-taskotron, tags: ['ssltaskotron'] }
-   - { role: letsencrypt, site_name: 'taskotron-dev.fedoraproject.org' }
-
-  handlers:
-   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
diff --git a/playbooks/update_grokmirror_repos.yml b/playbooks/update_grokmirror_repos.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b41b67ff25..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/update_grokmirror_repos.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# update all mirrors currently served by grokmirror
-
-- name: update grokmirror repos
-  hosts: taskotron-dev:taskotron-stg:taskotron-prod
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ grokmirror_user }}"
-  gather_facts: false
-
-  tasks:
-     - name: update grokmirror repos
-       command: chdir={{ grokmirror_basedir }}/{{ item.name }} git fetch origin {{ grokmirror_default_branch }}:{{ grokmirror_default_branch }}
-       with_items: "{{ grokmirror_repos }}"