diff --git a/playbooks/koji/config_builder.yml b/playbooks/koji/config_builder.yml
index 7c1eb33108..6781f123ec 100644
--- a/playbooks/koji/config_builder.yml
+++ b/playbooks/koji/config_builder.yml
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@
       - ntp
       - ntpdate
 
-  - name: update latest
-    action: command /usr/bin/yum -y update
-
   - name: /etc/kojid/kojid.conf
     action: copy src=$files/kojibuilder/kojid.conf dest=/etc/kojid/kojid.conf
     only_if: "not '${ansible_fqdn}'.startswith(('arm01','arm03','arm04'))"