diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 363e053b33..e100ef4bef 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 - name: restart fedmsg-relay
   command: /usr/local/bin/conditional-restart.sh fedmsg-relay
 
-- name: restart koji-sync-listener
-  action: service name=koji-sync-listener state=restarted
-
 - name: reload httpd
   command: /usr/local/bin/conditional-reload.sh httpd httpd
 
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index a16f9b3698..2baf29f475 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 - name: sync packages from pagure-on-dist-git to koji (all branches)
   # XXX If you modify this taglist.  Please also modify the other copy in
-  # bodhi2/backend/files/koji-sync-listener.py
+  # bodhi2/backend/files/koji_sync_listener.py
   # This cronjob runs only once a day.  The listener script runs reactively.
   cron: name="owner-sync" minute="15" hour="4" user="root"
       job="/usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper owner-sync '/usr/local/bin/owner-sync-pagure f33 f33-container f33-modular f33-flatpak f32 f32-container f32-modular f32-flatpak f31 f31-container f31-flatpak f31-modular epel8 epel8-playground epel8-modular epel7 dist-6E-epel module-package-list modular'"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 - name: put the koji sync listener script in place
   copy:
-      src: koji-sync-listener.py
+      src: koji_sync_listener.py
       dest: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/koji_sync_listener.py
       mode: 0644
   when: env == "production"
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
   when: env == "production"
   notify:
   - reload systemd
-  - restart koji-sync-listener
   tags:
   - bodhi
   - koji-sync
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji-sync-listener.toml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji_sync_listener.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji-sync-listener.toml
rename to roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/koji_sync_listener.toml