diff --git a/playbooks/groups/download.yml b/playbooks/groups/download.yml
index 0072a7a499..d5ab95624b 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/download.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/download.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   - { role: openvpn/client, when: datacenter != "phx2" }
 
   pre_tasks:
+  - include_vars: dir=/srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/all/ ignore_files=README
   - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/yumrepos.yml"
 
   tasks:
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/openqa-workers.yml b/playbooks/groups/openqa-workers.yml
index 647817b6b5..9601ebde57 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/openqa-workers.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/openqa-workers.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
   pre_tasks:
+  - include_vars: dir=/srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/all/ ignore_files=README
   - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/yumrepos.yml"
   - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/2fa_client.yml"