diff --git a/sync/common_8 b/sync/common_8
index 5ea6a66..9108ef9 100644
--- a/sync/common_8
+++ b/sync/common_8
@@ -59,3 +59,59 @@ MODS=(
   AppStream
   PowerTools
 )
+
+# functions
+# Note, EL8 and EL9 may not be the same, do not put in 'common'
+function treeinfoFixer() {
+  BaseOSArch="${1}"
+  TREEINFO_VAR="${STAGING_ROOT}/${RELEASE_DIR}/BaseOS/${BaseOSArch}/os/.treeinfo"
+  PRISTINE_TREE="${STAGING_ROOT}/${RELEASE_DIR}/BaseOS/${BaseOSArch}/os/.treeinfo-pristine"
+  test -f "${PRISTINE_TREE}"
+  pris_retval=$?
+  if [ "$pris_retval" -eq 0 ]; then
+    /bin/cp "${PRISTINE_TREE}" "${TREEINFO_VAR}"
+  else
+    echo "WARNING: We do not have a pristine treeinfo to copy from"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Note, EL8 and EL9 may not be the same, do not put in 'common'
+function treeinfoModder() {
+  BaseOSArch="${1}"
+  TREEINFO_VAR="${STAGING_ROOT}/${RELEASE_DIR}/BaseOS/${BaseOSArch}/os/.treeinfo"
+  PRISTINE_TREE="${STAGING_ROOT}/${RELEASE_DIR}/BaseOS/${BaseOSArch}/os/.treeinfo-pristine"
+  test -f "${TREEINFO_VAR}"
+  treeinfo_retval=$?
+  test -x /usr/bin/python3
+  python_retval=$?
+  # There is an awk way to do this, but it was easier to implement python and
+  # cat heredoc together. It felt cleaner. This was a trick I had used in a
+  # previous life when I had to admin Solaris systems, and I needed a way to
+  # add a solaris 10 system into FreeIPA (it was not fun, let me tell you). But
+  # the take away is I learned something kind of on the fly and well, it worked.
+  # Emails should have stamps.
+  if [ "$treeinfo_retval" -eq 0 ] && [ "$python_retval" -eq 0 ]; then
+    cat <<EOF | /usr/bin/python3
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+config = ConfigParser()
+config.read('${TREEINFO_VAR}')
+config.set('tree', 'variants', 'BaseOS,AppStream')
+config.add_section('variant-AppStream')
+config.set('variant-AppStream', 'id', 'AppStream')
+config.set('variant-AppStream', 'name', 'AppStream')
+config.set('variant-AppStream', 'type', 'variant')
+config.set('variant-AppStream', 'uid', 'AppStream')
+config.set('variant-AppStream', 'packages', '../../../AppStream/${BaseOSArch}/os/Packages')
+config.set('variant-AppStream', 'repository', '../../../AppStream/${BaseOSArch}/os/')
+
+with open('${TREEINFO_VAR}', 'w') as configfile:
+    config.write(configfile)
+EOF
+  else
+    echo "${TREEINFO_VAR}, or python3 does not exist on this system."
+  fi
+  /bin/cp "${TREEINFO_VAR}" "${PRISTINE_TREE}"
+}
+
+export -f treeinfoFixer
+export -f treeinfoModder
diff --git a/sync/minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh b/sync/minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh
index 1f15bcd..e7d97b9 100644
--- a/sync/minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh
+++ b/sync/minor-release-sync-to-staging.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ for ARCH in "${ARCHES[@]}"; do
   done
 done
 
+# fix treeinfo
+for ARCH in "${ARCHES[@]}"; do
+  treeinfoModder "${ARCH}"
+done
+
 # sign all repos
 test -f $(dirname "$0")/sign-repos-only.sh
 ret_val=$?
diff --git a/sync/prep-staging-8.sh b/sync/prep-staging-8.sh
index 0be9bcf..3d8aba4 100644
--- a/sync/prep-staging-8.sh
+++ b/sync/prep-staging-8.sh
@@ -104,59 +104,5 @@ for x in "${ARCHES[@]}"; do
   done
 
   echo "** Fix variants"
-  TREEINFO_VAR="${STAGING_ROOT}/${RELEASE_DIR}/BaseOS/${x}/os/.treeinfo"
-  IMAGES_VAR="${STAGING_ROOT}/${RELEASE_DIR}/BaseOS/${x}/os/images"
-  test -f "${TREEINFO_VAR}"
-  treeinfo_retval=$?
-  test -x /usr/bin/python3
-  python_retval=$?
-  # There is an awk way to do this, but it was easier to implement python and
-  # cat heredoc together. It felt cleaner. This was a trick I had used in a
-  # previous life when I had to admin Solaris systems, and I needed a way to
-  # add a solaris 10 system into FreeIPA (it was not fun, let me tell you). But
-  # the take away is I learned something kind of on the fly and well, it worked.
-  # Emails should have stamps.
-  if [ "$treeinfo_retval" -eq 0 ] && [ "$python_retval" -eq 0 ]; then
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    BOOTISO_CHECKSUM="$(sha256sum ${IMAGES_VAR}/boot.iso | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    EFIBOOT_CHECKSUM="$(sha256sum ${IMAGES_VAR}/efiboot.img | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    INSTALLIMG_CHECKSUM="$(sha256sum ${IMAGES_VAR}/install.img | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    INITRD_CHECKSUM="$(sha256sum ${IMAGES_VAR}/pxeboot/initrd.img | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    VMLINUZ_CHECKSUM="$(sha256sum ${IMAGES_VAR}/pxeboot/vmlinuz | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-    cat <<EOF | /usr/bin/python3
-from configparser import ConfigParser
-config = ConfigParser()
-config.read('${TREEINFO_VAR}')
-config.set('tree', 'variants', 'BaseOS,AppStream')
-config.add_section('variant-AppStream')
-config.set('variants-AppStream', 'id', 'AppStream')
-config.set('variants-AppStream', 'name', 'AppStream')
-config.set('variants-AppStream', 'type', 'variant')
-config.set('variants-AppStream', 'uid', 'AppStream')
-config.set('variants-AppStream', 'packages', '../../../AppStream/${x}/os/Packages')
-config.set('variants-AppStream', 'repository', '../../../AppStream/${x}/os/')
-config.add_section('images-${x}')
-config.set('images-${x}', 'boot.iso', 'images/boot.iso')
-config.set('images-${x}', 'efiboot.img', 'images/efiboot.img')
-config.set('images-${x}', 'initrd', 'images/pxeboot/initrd.img')
-config.set('images-${x}', 'kernel', 'images/pxeboot/vmlinuz')
-config.add_section('stage2')
-config.set('stage2', 'mainimage', 'images/install.img')
-config.add_section('checksums')
-config.set('checksums', 'images/boot.iso', 'sha256:${BOOTISO_CHECKSUM}')
-config.set('checksums', 'images/efiboot.img', 'sha256:${EFIBOOT_CHECKSUM}')
-config.set('checksums', 'images/install.img', 'sha256:${INSTALLIMG_CHECKSUM}')
-config.set('checksums', 'images/pxeboot/initrd.img', 'sha256:${INITRD_CHECKSUM}')
-config.set('checksums', 'images/pxeboot/vmlinuz', 'sha256:${VMLINUZ_CHECKSUM}')
-
-with open('${TREEINFO_VAR}', 'w') as configfile:
-    config.write(configfile)
-EOF
-  else
-    echo "${TREEINFO_VAR} or python3 does not exist on this system."
-  fi
+  treeinfoFixer "${x}"
 done