diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
index 8f47bf95c4..79602f79cf 100644
--- a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 - name: install dist-git
   dnf: state=latest name="dist-git"
 
-- name: set home for copr-dist-git user
-  user: name="copr-dist-git" home=/var/lib/dist-git/git
-  when: devel
-
 - name: install packages
   dnf: state=present name={{ item }}
   with_items:
@@ -65,10 +61,6 @@
   file: path=/var/lib/dist-git/git owner=copr-service group=packager
   when: not devel
 
-- name: make sure directories are owned by root:root user
-  file: path=/var/lib/dist-git/git owner=root group=root mode=0755
-  when: devel
-
 # set ssh key, so that copr-service could access gitolite
 - name: read pub key into var
   command: cat /home/copr-service/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
@@ -80,14 +72,6 @@
 
 - debug: msg={{pubkey}}
 
-- name: prepare authorized key for copr-dist-git
-  authorized_key: user="copr-dist-git" key="{{pubkey}}"
-  when: devel
-
-- name: set correct selinux policy for copr-dist-git's .ssh dir
-  shell: 'semanage fcontext -a -t ssh_home_t "/var/lib/dist-git/git/.ssh(/.*)?" && restorecon -R /var/lib/dist-git/git/.ssh'
-  when: devel
-
 - name: prepare authorized key, so copr-service could interact with gitolite
   authorized_key: user="copr-dist-git" key="{{pubkey}}" key_options="command=\"HOME=/var/lib/dist-git/git/ /usr/share/gitolite3/gitolite-shell $USER \"'"
   when: not devel