diff --git a/shared/gather.conf b/shared/gather.conf
index 7435bef..87b6a67 100644
--- a/shared/gather.conf
+++ b/shared/gather.conf
@@ -6,11 +6,3 @@ gather_method = "deps"
 hashed_directories = False
 gather_allow_reuse = True
 repoclosure_backend = 'dnf'
-
-gather_prepopulate = {
-    'scm': 'git',
-    'repo': GATHER_PREPOPULATE_REPO,
-    'branch': GATHER_PREPOPULATE_BRANCH,
-    'file': GATHER_PREPOPULATE_FILE,
-    'command': GATHER_PREPOPULATE_COMMAND
-}