diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 14ecca68..d1a487bd 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ sub _repo_setup_updates {
     disable_updates_repos(both => 0) if ($version > $currrel);
     # use the buildroot repo on Rawhide: see e.g.
     # https://pagure.io/fedora-ci/general/issue/376 for why
-    if (get_var("VERSION") eq get_var("RAWREL")) {
+    if (get_var("VERSION") eq get_var("RAWREL") && get_var("TEST") ne "support_server") {
         assert_script_run 'printf "[koji-rawhide]\nname=koji-rawhide\nbaseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos/rawhide/latest/' . $arch . '/\ncost=2000\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=0\n" > /etc/yum.repos.d/koji-rawhide.repo';
     }
     # set up the workaround repo