diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
index 7596a5d8c7..3cedc093dd 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
@@ -98,12 +98,6 @@
     regexp: '^%_install_lang.*'
     state: 'absent'
 
-- name: 'Point mirrors.fedoraproject.org to proxy01.fedoraproject.org, which is the closest proxy'
-  lineinfile:
-    dest: '/etc/hosts'
-    line: '209.132.181.16 mirrors.fedoraproject.org'
-    state: 'present'
-
 - name: 'debug for https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/7301'
   lineinfile:
     dest: '/etc/hosts'