diff --git a/tasks/install_clamav.yml b/tasks/install_clamav.yml
index 8f96d41804fdad468effed4ae022619b073d8a00..2d147648eb984ce14b106452ddc1aeaabba2a042 100644
--- a/tasks/install_clamav.yml
+++ b/tasks/install_clamav.yml
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@
   when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
   tags: [apt]
 
-- name: install EPEL so we have access to the ClamAV packages hosted there
-  ansible.builtin.yum:
-    name: "epel-release.noarch"
-    state: latest
-    update_cache: true
-  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
-  tags: [yum]
-
 - name: install clamav packages (RedHat)
   ansible.builtin.yum:
     name: [