diff --git a/r8-i686-devel.conf b/r8-i686-devel.conf
index 1c6bb34..f3448a3 100644
--- a/r8-i686-devel.conf
+++ b/r8-i686-devel.conf
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pkgset_koji_module_tag = "modular-updates-candidate"
 filter_system_release_packages = False
 
 # GATHER
-gather_prepopulate = "rocky-packages.json"
+#gather_prepopulate = "rocky-packages.json"
 
 gather_method = {
         "^(?!(AppStream|PowerTools)).*$":{
diff --git a/r8-i686.conf b/r8-i686.conf
index 3cb5e4c..3df3257 100644
--- a/r8-i686.conf
+++ b/r8-i686.conf
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ filter_system_release_packages = False
 createiso_break_hardlinks = True
 
 # GATHER
-gather_prepopulate = "rocky-i686-packages.json"
+#gather_prepopulate = "rocky-i686-packages.json"
 
 gather_method = {
         "^(?!(AppStream|PowerTools)).*$":{