diff --git a/roles/container-engine/docker/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/docker/defaults/main.yml
index 616ddadd4..766041615 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ docker_dns_servers_strict: true
 
 docker_container_storage_setup: false
 
-# Used to override obsoletes=0
-yum_conf: /etc/yum.conf
 yum_repo_dir: /etc/yum.repos.d
-docker_yum_conf: /etc/yum_docker.conf
 
 # Fedora docker-ce repo
 docker_fedora_repo_base_url: 'https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/$basearch/stable'
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/docker/tasks/main.yml
index 4d650a19e..1c624a9e6 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -144,28 +144,11 @@
     - ansible_distribution in ["CentOS","RedHat"] and not is_ostree
     - yum_result.results | length == 0
 
-- name: Copy yum.conf for editing
-  copy:
-    src: "{{ yum_conf }}"
-    dest: "{{ docker_yum_conf }}"
-    remote_src: yes
-  when: ansible_distribution in ["CentOS","RedHat","OracleLinux"] and not is_ostree
-
-- name: Edit copy of yum.conf to set obsoletes=0
-  ini_file:
-    path: "{{ docker_yum_conf }}"
-    section: main
-    option: obsoletes
-    value: "0"
-    no_extra_spaces: true
-  when: ansible_distribution in ["CentOS","RedHat","OracleLinux"] and not is_ostree
-
 - name: ensure docker packages are installed
   action: "{{ docker_package_info.pkg_mgr }}"
   args:
     pkg: "{{ item.name }}"
     force: "{{ item.force|default(omit) }}"
-    conf_file: "{{ item.yum_conf|default(omit) }}"
     state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
     update_cache: "{{ omit if ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' else True }}"
     enablerepo: "{{ item.repo | default(omit) }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/docker/vars/redhat.yml b/roles/container-engine/docker/vars/redhat.yml
index 45e1ccb79..338356ce9 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/docker/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/docker/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -31,21 +31,16 @@ docker_selinux_versioned_pkg:
 
 docker_pkgs_use_docker_ce:
   - name: "{{ docker_selinux_versioned_pkg[docker_selinux_version | string] }}"
-    yum_conf: "{{ docker_yum_conf }}"
     repo: "docker-ce"
   - name: "{{ docker_versioned_pkg[docker_version | string] }}"
-    yum_conf: "{{ docker_yum_conf }}"
     repo: "docker-ce"
 
 docker_pkgs:
   - name: "{{ containerd_versioned_pkg[containerd_version | string] }}"
-    yum_conf: "{{ docker_yum_conf }}"
     repo: "docker-ce"
   - name: "{{ docker_cli_versioned_pkg[docker_cli_version | string] }}"
-    yum_conf: "{{ docker_yum_conf }}"
     repo: "docker-ce"
   - name: "{{ docker_versioned_pkg[docker_version | string] }}"
-    yum_conf: "{{ docker_yum_conf }}"
     repo: "docker-ce"
 
 docker_package_info: