diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf b/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf
index 4f17adfba4..c5677ce232 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ DIST_GIT_CLONE_URL="https://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/git"
 COPR_DIST_GIT_LOGS_URL = "https://{{ dist_git_base_url }}/per-task-logs"
 
 # no need to filter cla_* groups, they are already filtered by fedora openid
-BLACKLISTED_GROUPS = ['fedorabugs', 'packager', 'provenpackager']
+GROUP_DENYLIST = ['fedorabugs', 'packager', 'provenpackager', 'ipausers', 'signed_fpca', 'fedora-contributor']
+# TODO: remove BLACKLISTED_GROUPS once # https://pagure.io/copr/copr/pull-request/1960 is released
+BLACKLISTED_GROUPS = GROUP_DENYLIST
 
 DEFER_BUILD_SECONDS = 300