diff --git a/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml b/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
index 405fee46e3..ebf1f1feb1 100644
--- a/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
+++ b/tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,3 @@
   - fedmsg
   tags:
   - packages
-
-- name: remove fedmsg .rpmnew cruft.
-  shell: rm -rf /etc/fedmsg.d/*.rpmnew
-  tags:
-  - config