diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index 1701646863..aef2df17e6 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
     shell: "curl https://bodhi{{env_suffix}}.fedoraproject.org/composes/"
     register: composes
 
-  - name: Fail if we found that a mash was in progress
-    fail:
-      msg: "There are composes in progress."
-    any_errors_fatal: true
-    when: "composes.stdout != '{\"composes\": []}' and env != 'staging'"
-
 - name: push packages out
   hosts: bodhi_backend:bodhi_backend_stg
   user: root