diff --git a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/files/openqa-arm-delete b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/files/openqa-arm-delete
deleted file mode 100755
index 0936e4208e..0000000000
--- a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/files/openqa-arm-delete
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat
-#
-# This script is free software; you can redistribute it
-# and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
-# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Author(s): Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
-
-"""Simple script to wipe ARM vmlinuz/initrd if no tests are running.
-Works around https://github.com/os-autoinst/openQA/pull/673
-"""
-
-import os
-
-from openqa_client.client import OpenQA_Client
-from openqa_client.const import JOB_PENDING_STATES
-
-def main():
-    """Main function."""
-    client = OpenQA_Client()
-    params = {
-        'arch': 'arm',
-        'state': ','.join(JOB_PENDING_STATES),
-    }
-    pending = client.openqa_request('GET', 'jobs', params=params)['jobs']
-    if pending:
-        # Not safe to wipe while jobs are running or scheduled.
-        return
-
-    for _file in ('/var/lib/openqa/share/factory/other/initrd.img',
-                  '/var/lib/openqa/share/factory/other/vmlinuz'):
-        if os.path.isfile(_file):
-            os.remove(_file)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    try:
-        main()
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        sys.stderr.write("Interrupted, exiting...\n")
-        sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
index bb894cef02..55efa9319a 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,3 @@
   - restart fedmsg-hub
   tags:
   - config
-
-- name: Wipe ARM kernel/initramfs hourly (workaround https://github.com/os-autoinst/openQA/pull/673 )
-  copy: src=openqa-arm-delete dest=/etc/cron.hourly owner=root group=root mode=0755