diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg b/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg
index 357c5eb2cf..4b0b84680b 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ config_opts['macros']['%bugurl'] = 'https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/%name'
 config_opts['nosync'] = True
 config_opts['nosync_force'] = True
 config_opts['environment']['LANG'] = 'C.UTF-8'
-#config_opts['use_bootstrap'] = True
+config_opts['use_bootstrap'] = False
 config_opts['dnf_warning'] = False