diff --git a/playbooks/groups/pagure.yml b/playbooks/groups/pagure.yml
index e06dc4894b..305e3db68b 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/pagure.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/pagure.yml
@@ -41,23 +41,8 @@
    - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
    - "{{ vars_path }}/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
 
-  pre_tasks:
-  - name: install fedmsg-relay
-    package: name=fedmsg-relay state=present
-    when: env != 'pagure-staging'
-    tags:
-    - pagure
-    - pagure/fedmsg
-  - name: and start it
-    service: name=fedmsg-relay state=started
-    when: env != 'pagure-staging'
-    tags:
-    - pagure
-    - pagure/fedmsg
-
   roles:
   - pagure/frontend
-  - {role: pagure/fedmsg, when: env != 'pagure-staging'}
 
   handlers:
   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/files/selinux/fedmsg.mod b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/files/selinux/fedmsg.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 25e47ae694..0000000000
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diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/files/selinux/fedmsg.pp b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/files/selinux/fedmsg.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index 17a25943f7..0000000000
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diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/files/selinux/fedmsg.te b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/files/selinux/fedmsg.te
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ce38d40f6..0000000000
--- a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/files/selinux/fedmsg.te
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-
-module fedmsg 1.1;
-
-require {
-	type anon_inodefs_t;
-	type httpd_t;
-	class file write;
-}
-
-require {
-	type ptmx_t;
-	type httpd_t;
-	class chr_file getattr;
-}
-
-#============= httpd_t ==============
-# For basic port binding
-allow httpd_t anon_inodefs_t:file write;
-# So that psutil can work from /etc/fedmsg.d/logging.py
-allow httpd_t ptmx_t:chr_file getattr;
-
diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 90ca99fd1a..0000000000
--- a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
----
-# tasklist for setting up fedmsg
-# This is the base set of files needed for fedmsg
-
-- name: install needed packages
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-  - fedmsg
-  - libsemanage-python
-  - python-psutil
-  tags:
-  - packages
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 8 and ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
-
-- name: install needed packages
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-  - fedmsg
-  - python3-libsemanage
-  - python3-psutil
-  tags:
-  - packages
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-  when:  ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 8 and ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
-
-
-# We use setgid here so that the monitoring sockets created by fedmsg services
-# are accessible to the nrpe group.
-- name: create a /var/run/fedmsg dir with setgid for monitoring.
-  file: >
-    dest=/var/run/fedmsg
-    mode=2775
-    owner=fedmsg
-    group=nrpe
-    state=directory
-  tags:
-  - pagure
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-
-- name: setup /etc/fedmsg.d directory
-  file: path=/etc/fedmsg.d owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=directory
-  tags:
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-  - config
-
-# Any files that change need to restart any services that depend on them.  A
-# trick here is that some hosts have an httpd that uses fedmsg, while others do
-# not.  Some hosts have a fedmsg-hub that uses this config, while others do not.
-# Our handlers in handlers/restart_services.yml are smart enough to
-# *conditionally* restart these services, only if they are installed on the
-# system.
-- name: setup basic /etc/fedmsg.d/ contents
-  template: >
-    src="{{ item }}.j2"
-    dest="/etc/fedmsg.d/{{ item }}"
-    owner=root
-    group=root
-    mode=644
-  with_items:
-  - ssl.py
-  - relay.py
-  - logging.py
-  - base.py
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - fedmsgdconfig
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-  notify:
-  - reload httpd
-  - restart fedmsg-relay
-
-- name: Remove unwanted files
-  file: dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/{{item}} state=absent
-  with_items:
-  - endpoints.py
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - fedmsgdconfig
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-  notify:
-  - reload httpd
-  - restart fedmsg-relay
-
-- name: setup /etc/pki/fedmsg directory
-  file: path=/etc/pki/fedmsg owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=directory
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-
-- name: install fedmsg ca.cert
-  copy: >
-    src="{{ private }}/files/fedmsg-certs/keys/ca.crt"
-    dest=/etc/pki/fedmsg/ca.crt
-    owner=root
-    group=root
-    mode=0644
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-
-- name: fedmsg certs
-  copy: >
-    src="{{ private }}/files/fedmsg-certs/keys/{{item['service']}}-{{fedmsg_fqdn | default(inventory_hostname)}}.crt"
-    dest=/etc/pki/fedmsg/
-    mode=644
-    owner={{item['owner']}}
-    group={{item['group']}}
-  with_items:
-  - "{{ fedmsg_certs }}"
-  when: fedmsg_certs != []
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-
-- name: fedmsg keys
-  copy: >
-    src="{{ private }}/files/fedmsg-certs/keys/{{item['service']}}-{{fedmsg_fqdn | default(inventory_hostname)}}.key"
-    dest=/etc/pki/fedmsg/
-    mode=0640
-    owner={{item['owner']}}
-    group={{item['group']}}
-  with_items:
-  - "{{ fedmsg_certs }}"
-  when: fedmsg_certs != []
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-
-# Three tasks for handling our custom selinux module
-- name: ensure a directory exists for our custom selinux module
-  file: dest=/usr/local/share/fedmsg state=directory
-  tags:
-  - selinux
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-
-- name: copy over our custom selinux module
-  copy: src=selinux/fedmsg.pp dest=/usr/local/share/fedmsg/fedmsg.pp
-  register: selinux_module
-  tags:
-  - selinux
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
-
-- name: install our custom selinux module
-  command: semodule -i /usr/local/share/fedmsg/fedmsg.pp
-  when: selinux_module is changed
-  tags:
-  - selinux
-  - pagure
-  - pagure/fedmsg
diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/base.py.j2 b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/base.py.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a8e93da1..0000000000
--- a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/base.py.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-config = dict(
-
-    # Tell every call to `fedmsg.publish` to use the relay
-    active=True,
-    cert_prefix="pagure",
-
-    topic_prefix="{{ fedmsg_prefix }}",
-    environment="{{ fedmsg_env }}",
-
-    # This used to be set to 1 for safety, but it turns out it was
-    # excessive.  It is the number of seconds that fedmsg should sleep
-    # after it has initialized, but before it begins to try and send any
-    # messages.  If set to a non-zero value, this will slow down one-off
-    # fedmsg scripts like the git post-receive hook and pkgdb2branch.
-    # If we are experiencing message-loss problems, one of the first things
-    # to try should be to turn this number up to a non-zero value.  '1' should
-    # be more than sufficient.
-    post_init_sleep=0.4,
-
-    # This is the number of milliseconds to wait before timing out on
-    # connections.. notably to the fedmsg-relay in the event that it has
-    # crashed.
-    zmq_linger=2000,
-
-    # Default is 0
-    high_water_mark=0,
-    io_threads=1,
-
-    # We almost always want the fedmsg-hub to be sending messages with zmq as
-    # opposed to amqp or stomp.  The only exception will be the bugzilla
-    # amqp<->zmq bridge service.
-    zmq_enabled=True,
-
-    # When subscribing to messages, we want to allow splats ('*') so we tell the
-    # hub to not be strict when comparing messages topics to subscription
-    # topics.
-    zmq_strict=False,
-
-    # See the following
-    #   - http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TCP-Keepalive-HOWTO/overview.html
-    #   - http://api.zeromq.org/3-2:zmq-setsockopt
-    zmq_tcp_keepalive=1,
-    zmq_tcp_keepalive_cnt=3,
-    zmq_tcp_keepalive_idle=60,
-    zmq_tcp_keepalive_intvl=5,
-)
-
-# This option adds an IPC socket by which we can monitor hub health.
-try:
-    import os
-    import psutil
-
-    pid = os.getpid()
-    proc = [p for p in psutil.process_iter() if p.pid == pid][0]
-
-    # proc.name is a method on modern versions of psutil.
-    name = proc.name
-    if callable(name):
-        name = name()
-
-    config['moksha.monitoring.socket'] = \
-        'ipc:///var/run/fedmsg/monitoring-%s.socket' % name
-    config['moksha.monitoring.socket.mode'] = '770'
-except (OSError, ImportError):
-    # We run into issues when trying to import psutil from mod_wsgi on rhel7
-    # but this feature is of no concern in that context, so just fail quietly.
-    # https://github.com/jmflinuxtx/kerneltest-harness/pull/17#issuecomment-48007837
-    pass
diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/logging.py.j2 b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/logging.py.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dcbcc8ba8..0000000000
--- a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/logging.py.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-# Setup fedmsg logging.
-
-# All of these modules are just used by the ContextInjector below.
-import inspect
-import logging
-import os
-import socket
-import traceback
-
-psutil = None
-try:
-    import psutil
-except (OSError, ImportError):
-    # We run into issues when trying to import psutil from inside mod_wsgi on
-    # rhel7.  If we hit that here, then just fail quietly.
-    # https://github.com/jmflinuxtx/kerneltest-harness/pull/17#issuecomment-48007837
-    pass
-
-
-class ContextInjector(logging.Filter):
-    """ Logging filter that adds context to log records.
-
-    Filters are typically used to "filter" log records.  They declare a filter
-    method that can return True or False.  Only records with 'True' will
-    actually be logged.
-
-    Here, we somewhat abuse the concept of a filter.  We always return true,
-    but we use the opportunity to hang important contextual information on the
-    log record to later be used by the logging Formatter.  We don't normally
-    want to see all this stuff in normal log records, but we *do* want to see
-    it when we are emailed error messages.  Seeing an error, but not knowing
-    which host it comes from, is not that useful.
-
-    http://docs.python.org/2/howto/logging-cookbook.html#filters-contextual
-    """
-
-    def filter(self, record):
-        current_process = ContextInjector.get_current_process()
-        current_hostname = socket.gethostname()
-
-        record.host = current_hostname
-        if "notifs-backend" in current_hostname:
-            return False
-        record.proc = current_process
-        record.pid = current_process.pid
-        record.proc_name = current_process.name
-        record.command_line = current_process.cmdline
-        # These are callabls on more modern versions of psutil.
-        if callable(record.proc_name):
-            record.proc_name = record.proc_name()
-        if callable(record.command_line):
-            record.command_line = record.command_line()
-        record.command_line = " ".join(record.command_line)
-        record.callstack = self.format_callstack()
-        return True
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def format_callstack():
-        for i, frame in enumerate(f[0] for f in inspect.stack()):
-            if not '__name__' in frame.f_globals:
-                continue
-            modname = frame.f_globals['__name__'].split('.')[0]
-            if modname != "logging":
-                break
-
-        def _format_frame(frame):
-            return '  File "%s", line %i in %s\n    %s' % (frame)
-
-        stack = traceback.extract_stack()
-        stack = stack[:-i]
-        return "\n".join([_format_frame(frame) for frame in stack])
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_current_process():
-        mypid = os.getpid()
-
-        if not psutil:
-            raise OSError("Could not import psutil for %r" % mypid)
-
-        for proc in psutil.process_iter():
-            if proc.pid == mypid:
-                return proc
-
-        # This should be impossible.
-        raise ValueError("Could not find process %r" % mypid)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def __json__(cls):
-        """ We need to be jsonifiable for "fedmsg-config" """
-        return {'name': 'ContextInjector'}
-
-
-hefty_format = """Message
--------
-[%(asctime)s][%(name)10s %(levelname)7s]
-%(message)s
-
-Process Details
----------------
-host:     %(host)s
-PID:      %(pid)s
-name:     %(proc_name)s
-command:  %(command_line)s
-
-Callstack that lead to the logging statement
---------------------------------------------
-%(callstack)s
-"""
-
-
-# See the following for constraints on this format http://bit.ly/Xn1WDn
-config = dict(
-    logging=dict(
-        version=1,
-        formatters=dict(
-            bare={
-                "datefmt": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-                "format": "[%(asctime)s][%(name)10s %(levelname)7s] %(message)s"
-            },
-            hefty={
-                "datefmt": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-                "format": hefty_format,
-            },
-        ),
-        filters=dict(
-            context={
-                # This "()" syntax in the stdlib doesn't seem to be documented
-                # anywhere.  I had to read
-                # /usr/lib64/python2.7/logging/config.py to figure it out.
-                "()": ContextInjector,
-            },
-        ),
-        handlers=dict(
-            console={
-                "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-                "formatter": "bare",
-                "level": "INFO",
-                "stream": "ext://sys.stdout",
-            },
-            mailer={
-                "class": "logging.handlers.SMTPHandler",
-                "formatter": "hefty",
-                "filters": ["context"],
-                "level": "ERROR",
-                "mailhost": "bastion.vpn.fedoraproject.org",
-                "fromaddr": "fedmsg@fedoraproject.org",
-                "toaddrs": ["sysadmin-datanommer-members@fedoraproject.org"],
-                "subject": "fedmsg error log (pagure)",
-            },
-        ),
-        loggers=dict(
-            fedmsg={
-                "level": "INFO",
-                "propagate": False,
-                "handlers": ["console", "mailer"],
-            },
-            moksha={
-                "level": "INFO",
-                "propagate": False,
-                "handlers": ["console", "mailer"],
-            },
-        ),
-    ),
-)
diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/relay.py.j2 b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/relay.py.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index cd620d927b..0000000000
--- a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/relay.py.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-config = dict(
-    endpoints={
-        # This is the output side of the relay to which all other
-        # services can listen.
-        "relay_outbound": [
-            # Messages emerge here
-            #"tcp://pagure.io:9940",
-            "tcp://{{inventory_hostname}}:9940",
-        ],
-    },
-
-    # wsgi scripts on the frontend talk back here
-    relay_inbound=[
-        "tcp://{{inventory_hostname}}:9941",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/ssl.py.j2 b/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/ssl.py.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 4db87f149c..0000000000
--- a/roles/pagure/fedmsg/templates/ssl.py.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
-config = dict(
-    sign_messages=True,
-    validate_signatures=True,
-    ssldir="/etc/pki/fedmsg",
-
-    crl_location="https://fedoraproject.org/fedmsg/crl.pem",
-    crl_cache="/var/run/fedmsg/crl.pem",
-    crl_cache_expiry=86400,  # Daily
-
-    certnames=dict([
-        ("shell.{{inventory_hostname_short}}", "shell-{{inventory_hostname}}"),
-        ("pagure.{{inventory_hostname_short}}", "pagure-{{inventory_hostname}}"),
-    ]),
-)
-