diff --git a/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml b/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
index b11527da5db6c4e8bcf2257e9a9edf69ab7e08a5..a90fb4070c6206d778a64a3f3e0f4a2b728967fa 100644
--- a/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
             gpgcheck: "{{ item.gpgcheck | default('true') }}"
             gpgkey: "{{ item.gpgkey | default(omit) }}"
           loop:
-            - name: "epel"
-              description: EPEL YUM repo
-              baseurl: "https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/x86_64/"
-              gpgkey: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"
             - name: "slub"
               description: SLUB YUM repo
               baseurl: "https://sdvrhelrepo.slub-dresden.de/"
diff --git a/tasks/rosetta/configure_package_repositories.yml b/tasks/rosetta/configure_package_repositories.yml
index c957fc3b2e46effddc3b0498c2743071c87254cc..622ed52f662c12bfd0b16d35f6a07da306950c4e 100644
--- a/tasks/rosetta/configure_package_repositories.yml
+++ b/tasks/rosetta/configure_package_repositories.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.dnf:
     name: "https://mediaarea.net/repo/rpm/releases/repo-MediaArea-1.0-24.noarch.rpm"
     state: latest
+    disable_gpg_check: true
 
 - name: enable powertools repository (part of EPEL)
   community.general.dnf_config_manager: