diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
index 20eb04cd37..2bbd6b4da7 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -170,12 +170,6 @@
 - include_tasks: tap-setup.yml
   when: openqa_tap|bool
 
-- name: Tell git it's OK for _openqa-worker to run 'git' on the test dir
-  command: git config --global --add safe.directory /var/lib/openqa/share/tests/fedora
-  become: yes
-  become_user: _openqa-worker
-  when: openqa_nfs_worker|bool
-
 # this is kinda lazy - we could have a separate openqa_swtpm var so we
 # we could potentially separate tap worker hosts from swtpm ones - but
 # it makes workers.ini templating annoyingly awkward (we need way more