diff --git a/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg b/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg
index 2ffebd0287..d06c14dcf2 100644
--- a/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg
+++ b/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 config_opts['plugin_conf']['bind_mount_opts']['dirs'].append(('/var/run/pesign', '/var/run/pesign' ))
 config_opts['plugin_conf']['package_state_enable'] = False
 config_opts['macros']['%bugurl'] = 'https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/%name'
+config_opts['nosync'] = True
diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg b/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg
index ef797eddd3..5fb01dc57e 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/templates/builders/site-defaults.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config_opts['plugin_conf']['package_state_enable'] = False
 config_opts['plugin_conf']['ccache_enable'] = False
 config_opts['dnf_common_opts'] = ['--setopt=install_weak_deps=0']
 config_opts['macros']['%bugurl'] = 'https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/%name'
+config_opts['nosync'] = True
 {% if env == 'staging' %}
 ##config_opts['plugin_conf']['tmpfs_enable'] = True
 #config_opts['plugin_conf']['tmpfs_opts'] = {}