diff --git a/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml b/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml
index 3adf4b40f3..de59c5a2d7 100644
--- a/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # tasklist for setting up git mail hooks
 
-- name: install needed packages
-  package:
-    state: present
-    name:
-    - git
-    - moreutils
-    - python-kitchen
-    - python-pygit2
-    - fedora-messaging
-  when: env != "staging" and datacenter != "iad2"
-  tags:
-  - git
-  - git/hooks
-  - packages
-
 - name: install needed packages
   package:
     state: present
@@ -25,7 +10,6 @@
     - python3-kitchen
     - python3-pygit2
     - fedora-messaging
-  when: env == "staging" or datacenter == "iad2"
   tags:
   - git
   - git/hooks