diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/nagios b/inventory/group_vars/nagios
index 8bf9aafdc4..dc85692b1b 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/nagios
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/nagios
@@ -151,3 +151,12 @@ phx2_external:
   - retrace01.fedoraproject.org
   - secondary01.fedoraproject.org
   - stg.fedoraproject.org
+
+# Exclude these ansible host groups in hostgroups/all.cfg
+exclude_hostgroups:
+  - nixnagios
+  - rhel8beta
+  - dbgserver_stg
+  - copr_keygen_dev_aws
+  - retrace_stg
+  - retrace_stg_aws
diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2
index 46ea881dd1..6e0264ce24 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hostgroups/all.cfg.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ###############
 ## {{ env }}
 {% for key, value in groups.iteritems()|sort %}
-{% if groups[key] != [] and key not in ['nixnagios', 'rhel8beta','dbgserver_stg'] %}
+{% if groups[key] != [] and key not in vars['exclude_hostgroups'] %}
 define hostgroup{
        hostgroup_name {{ key }}
        alias          {{ key }}