diff --git a/roles/mailman/files/mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.RedHat.repo b/roles/mailman/files/mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.RedHat.repo
deleted file mode 100644
index a227e73818..0000000000
--- a/roles/mailman/files/mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.RedHat.repo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[mailman3-fedmsg-plugin]
-name=fedmsg plugin for mailman3, and its deps
-baseurl=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/ralph/fedmsg-python34/epel-$releasever-$basearch/
-enabled=1
-skip_if_unavailable=1
-gpgcheck=1
-gpgkey=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/ralph/fedmsg-python34/pubkey.gpg
-
-## COPR doesn't provide a source repo as far as I can tell.
-## Please fix this file if I'm wrong.
-#[mailman3-fedmsg-plugin-source]
-#name=fedmsg plugin for mailman3, and its deps - Source
-#baseurl=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/ralph/fedmsg-python34/epel-$releasever-source/
-#enabled=0
-#skip_if_unavailable=1
-#gpgcheck=1
-#gpgkey=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/ralph/fedmsg-python34/pubkey.gpg
diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index b03e4d121d..88e07d877d 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   - python-pylibmc
   - python-django-haystack-xapian
   - yum-plugin-post-transaction-actions
+  #- mailman3-fedmsg-plugin
   # to run the test suite:
   - python-beautifulsoup4
   - python-mock
@@ -74,19 +75,6 @@
   tags:
   - packages
 
-- name: setup the mailman3-fedmsg repo
-  copy: src=mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.RedHat.repo
-        dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/mailman3-fedmsg-plugin.repo
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
-
-- name: add the GPG key for the mailman3-fedmsg-plugin repo
-  rpm_key: state=present key=https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/ralph/fedmsg-python34/pubkey.gpg
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
-
-- name: install the mailman3 fedmsg plugin rpm
-  yum: pkg=mailman3-fedmsg-plugin state=present
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
-
 - name: install packages when not using source extracts
   when: ansible_hostname != "lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org"
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present
diff --git a/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2 b/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2
index 123a270a28..3299a03eac 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.cfg.j2
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ class: mailman_hyperkitty.Archiver
 enable: yes
 configuration: {{ mailman_webui_confdir }}/mailman-hyperkitty.cfg
 
-[archiver.fedmsg]
-class: mailman3_fedmsg_plugin.Archiver
-enable: yes
+#[archiver.fedmsg]
+#class: mailman3_fedmsg_plugin.Archiver
+#enable: yes
 
 [archiver.prototype]
 enable: yes