diff --git a/roles/pulpcore_repositories/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pulpcore_repositories/tasks/main.yml
index c75f0fcfc..c023f864a 100644
--- a/roles/pulpcore_repositories/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pulpcore_repositories/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
     gpgcheck: no
     enabled: yes
 
-- name: 'Set module_hotfixes=1'
-  lineinfile:
-    path: "/etc/yum.repos.d/pulpcore-repository.repo"
-    line: module_hotfixes=1
-  when:
-    - pulpcore_repositories_version is version('3.15', '<=')
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version == '8'
-
 - name: 'Enable pulpcore:el8 module'
   command: dnf module enable -y pulpcore:el8
   # can't use the `dnf` module for modules without a default stream