diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
index ef475fe2d6..b29d2f50e6 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 - name: Remove scratch repo directory
   file: path=/var/tmp/scratchrepo state=absent
+  # HACK HACK HACK FIXME
+  notify:
+  - restart openqa workers
 
 - name: (Re-)create scratch repo directory
   file: path=/var/tmp/scratchrepo state=directory owner=root group=root