diff --git a/roles/badges/backend/files/cron/cron-badges-logrotate b/roles/badges/backend/files/cron/cron-badges-logrotate
deleted file mode 100644
index cba2d67258..0000000000
--- a/roles/badges/backend/files/cron/cron-badges-logrotate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/var/log/fedmsg/cron-award-libravatar-badge.log {
-   missingok
-   notifempty
-   rotate 4
-   weekly
-}
-/var/log/fedmsg/cron-award-flock-paparazzi-badge.log {
-   missingok
-   notifempty
-   rotate 4
-   weekly
-}
-/var/log/fedmsg/cron-award-badges-dev-badge.log {
-   missingok
-   notifempty
-   rotate 4
-   weekly
-}
-/var/log/fedmsg/cron-award-lifecycle-badges.log {
-   missingok
-   notifempty
-   rotate 4
-   weekly
-}
-/var/log/fedmsg/cron-award-mirror-badge.log {
-   missingok
-   notifempty
-   rotate 4
-   weekly
-}
-/var/log/fedmsg/cron-award-oldschool-badges.log {
-   missingok
-   notifempty
-   rotate 4
-   weekly
-}
diff --git a/roles/badges/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/badges/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 75104e5503..184c09c346 100644
--- a/roles/badges/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/badges/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -139,12 +139,10 @@
   - badges
   - badges/backend
 
-- name: logrotate for badge award cronjobs
-  copy: >
-    src=cron/cron-badges-logrotate
+- name: remove old logrotate file we used to put in place.
+  file: >
     dest=/etc/logrotate.d/cron-badges-logrotate
-    owner=root
-    mode=644
+    state=absent
   tags:
   - config
   - cron