diff --git a/epel8-playground-nightly.sh b/epel8-playground-nightly.sh
index 4517383..9ab014f 100755
--- a/epel8-playground-nightly.sh
+++ b/epel8-playground-nightly.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ if [ ! -d "$RSYNCTARGET" ]; then
 fi
 $RSYNCPREFIX compose-partial-copy --arch=aarch64 --arch=ppc64le --arch=s390x --arch=x86_64 --arch src \
     "$DESTDIR" "$RSYNCTARGET/" \
-    --variant Everything
+    --variant Everything --exclude=repodata
+
+$RSYNCPREFIX compose-partial-copy --arch=aarch64 --arch=ppc64le --arch=s390x --arch=x86_64 --arch src \
+    "$DESTDIR" "$RSYNCTARGET/" \
+    --variant Everything --delete-after
 
 send_fedmsg "${fedmsg_json_done}" ${RELEASE} rsync.complete