diff --git a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
index 31b11c9..0f6a56d 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -306,9 +306,12 @@ if [ ! -e /usr/share/lorax/templates.d/80-rhel/ ]; then
     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"
+# 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
 
 # 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