diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/templates/koji-reset-staging.sql b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/templates/koji-reset-staging.sql
index cea38874ac..9798f3e3e0 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/templates/koji-reset-staging.sql
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/templates/koji-reset-staging.sql
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ truncate host_channels;
 select now() as time, 'expiring repos' as msg;
 update repo set state = 3 where state in (0, 1, 2);
 
--- fix krb_principal for koschei user
-update users set krb_principal='koschei/koschei-backend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org@STG.FEDORAPROJECT.ORG' where name='koschei';
-
 
 -- add our staging builders, dynamically pulled from ansible inventory