diff --git a/puppet/modules/profiles/manifests/web.pp b/puppet/modules/profiles/manifests/web.pp
index 3683e1226..185115037 100644
--- a/puppet/modules/profiles/manifests/web.pp
+++ b/puppet/modules/profiles/manifests/web.pp
@@ -61,8 +61,5 @@
   }
   contain web::vhost::yum
 
-  class { 'web::vhost::stagingyum':
-    rsync_max_connections => $rsync_max_connections,
-  }
   contain web::vhost::stagingyum
 }
diff --git a/puppet/modules/web/manifests/vhost/stagingyum.pp b/puppet/modules/web/manifests/vhost/stagingyum.pp
index 938cc60e2..c44b0e79f 100644
--- a/puppet/modules/web/manifests/vhost/stagingyum.pp
+++ b/puppet/modules/web/manifests/vhost/stagingyum.pp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   Stdlib::Absolutepath $yum_directory = '/var/www/vhosts/stagingyum/htdocs',
   String $user = 'yumrepostage',
   Stdlib::Absolutepath $home = "/home/${user}",
-  Integer[0] $rsync_max_connections = 5,
   Array[String[1]] $usernames = ['ehelms', 'evgeni', 'ekohl', 'Odilhao', 'pcreech', 'zhunting'],
 ) {
   $yum_directory_config = [
@@ -51,17 +50,6 @@
     directories   => $yum_directory_config,
   }
 
-  include rsync::server
-  rsync::server::module { 'stagingyum':
-    path            => $yum_directory,
-    list            => true,
-    read_only       => true,
-    comment         => $servername,
-    uid             => 'nobody',
-    gid             => 'nobody',
-    max_connections => $rsync_max_connections,
-  }
-
   ['HEADER.html', 'robots.txt'].each |$filename| {
     file { "${yum_directory}/${filename}":
       ensure  => file,