diff --git a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
index 0f6a56d..31b11c9 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -306,12 +306,9 @@ if [ ! -e /usr/share/lorax/templates.d/80-rhel/ ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Gather up the list of system repo files and use them for lorax
-REPOS=$(find /etc/yum.repos.d/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*\.repo' ! -name 'fedora.repo' -exec echo -n "--repo {} " \;)
-if [ -z "$REPOS" ]; then
-    echo "No system repos found"
-    exit 1
-fi
+# HARD CODE the list of repos 
+# test systems add a bunch of unneeded repos that cause things to fail
+REPOS="--repo /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo --repo /etc/yum.repos.d/test-artifacts.repo"
 
 # The c10s tmt systems have started using $stream in the repo urls as of 6/2024, substitute
 # 10-stream for this variable so that they can be passed to lorax