diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 233a3555..6c1bf2af 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -429,11 +429,6 @@ sub _repo_setup_updates {
     # installed, but was not
     assert_script_run 'rpm -qp *.rpm --qf "%{NAME} " > /var/log/updatepkgnames.txt';
     upload_logs "/var/log/updatepkgnames.txt";
-    # FIXME pull in the fix for #1698200 which causes base_services_start
-    # to fail always; remove after next F30 compose (2019-04-12)
-    if (get_var("VERSION") eq "30") {
-        assert_script_run "bodhi updates download --updateid FEDORA-2019-7cb094d99a", 600;
-    }
     # create the repo metadata
     assert_script_run "createrepo .";
     # write a repo config file, unless this is the support_server test