diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 004e33c6..fb6e7a4a 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -443,12 +443,6 @@ 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: workaround for broken lorax-29.29-1.fc29, remove when
-    # FEDORA-2019-8a3aa00d5e goes stable
-    my $version = get_var("VERSION");
-    if ($version == 29) {
-        assert_script_run "bodhi updates download --updateid FEDORA-2019-8a3aa00d5e", 600;
-    }
     # create the repo metadata
     assert_script_run "createrepo .";
     # write a repo config file, unless this is the support_server test