diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/files/runroot_hub.py b/roles/koji_hub/files/runroot_hub.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a81059c1e..0000000000
--- a/roles/koji_hub/files/runroot_hub.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#koji hub plugin
-# There is a kojid plugin that goes with this hub plugin. The kojid builder
-# plugin has a config file.  This hub plugin has no config file.
-
-# XXX -- MANAGED BY ANSIBLE.
-# This was submitted to koji upstream, so we won't always need to install it
-# ourselves with ansible once it is merged and released.
-# https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/buildsys/2015-June/004780.html
-
-
-from koji.context import context
-from koji.plugin import export
-import koji
-import random
-import sys
-
-#XXX - have to import kojihub for mktask
-sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/share/koji-hub/')
-from kojihub import mktask, get_tag, get_all_arches
-
-__all__ = ('runroot',)
-
-
-def get_channel_arches(channel):
-    """determine arches available in channel"""
-    chan = context.handlers.call('getChannel', channel, strict=True)
-    ret = {}
-    for host in context.handlers.call('listHosts', channelID=chan['id'], enabled=True):
-        for a in host['arches'].split():
-            ret[koji.canonArch(a)] = 1
-    return ret
-
-@export
-def runroot(tagInfo, arch, command, channel=None, **opts):
-    """ Create a runroot task """
-    context.session.assertPerm('runroot')
-    taskopts = {
-        'priority': 15,
-        'arch': arch,
-    }
-
-    taskopts['channel'] = channel or 'runroot'
-
-    if arch == 'noarch':
-        #not all arches can generate a proper buildroot for all tags
-        tag = get_tag(tagInfo)
-        if not tag['arches']:
-            raise koji.GenericError, 'no arches defined for tag %s' % tag['name']
-
-        #get all known arches for the system
-        fullarches = get_all_arches()
-
-        tagarches = tag['arches'].split()
-
-        # If our tag can't do all arches, then we need to
-        # specify one of the arches it can do.
-        if set(fullarches) - set(tagarches):
-            chanarches = get_channel_arches(taskopts['channel'])
-            choices = [x for x in tagarches if x in chanarches]
-            if not choices:
-                raise koji.GenericError, 'no common arches for tag/channel: %s/%s' \
-                            % (tagInfo, taskopts['channel'])
-            taskopts['arch'] = koji.canonArch(random.choice(choices))
-
-    return mktask(taskopts,'runroot', tagInfo, arch, command, **opts)
-
diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
index d0c8c7fe99..3befde1946 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -76,17 +76,6 @@
   - config
   - koji_hub
 
-# This was submitted to koji upstream, so we won't always need to install it
-# ourselves this way once it is merged and released.
-# https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/buildsys/2015-June/004780.html
-- name: koji runroot hub plugin
-  copy: src=runroot_hub.py dest=/usr/lib/koji-hub-plugins/runroot_hub.py
-  notify:
-  - restart httpd
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - koji_hub
-
 #
 # install production certs and keys
 #