diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index fa20ad144f..4ec7c285ab 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@
   tags:
   - packages
 
-- name: setup the mailman3-fedmsg repo
-  copy: src=mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.RedHat.repo
-        dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.repo
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
-
-- name: add the GPG key for the mailman3-fedmsg-plugin repo
-  rpm_key: state=present key=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/ralph/fedmsg-python34/pubkey.gpg
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
-
-- name: install the mailman3 fedmsg plugin rpm
-  yum: pkg=mailman3-fedmsg-plugin state=latest
-  notify: restart mailman3
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+#- name: setup the mailman3-fedmsg repo
+#  copy: src=mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.RedHat.repo
+#        dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.repo
+#  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+#
+#- name: add the GPG key for the mailman3-fedmsg-plugin repo
+#  rpm_key: state=present key=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/ralph/fedmsg-python34/pubkey.gpg
+#  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+#
+#- name: install the mailman3 fedmsg plugin rpm
+#  yum: pkg=mailman3-fedmsg-plugin state=latest
+#  notify: restart mailman3
+#  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
 
 - name: install packages when not using source extracts
   when: ansible_hostname != "lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org"