diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp
index 3dfea8cfdd..ff9dad521c 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/mirror_update.pp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # == Class: openstack_project::mirror_update
 #
+# NOTE(ianw) : 2020-10-28 all cron jobs disabled
+#  as mirroring has moved to the mirror-update.opendev.org server
+#  managed by ansible.
+#
 class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   $reprepro_keytab = '',
   $admin_keytab = '',
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-debian'),
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian security':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-debian-security'),
@@ -158,6 +164,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-ubuntu'),
@@ -180,6 +187,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu-ports':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'reprepro-ubuntu-ports'),
@@ -218,6 +226,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian ceph nautilus':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-ceph-nautilus'),
@@ -240,6 +249,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian ceph octopus':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-ceph-octopus'),
@@ -292,6 +302,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro debian docker':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'debian-docker'),
@@ -328,6 +339,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu puppetlabs':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'ubuntu-puppetlabs'),
@@ -389,6 +401,7 @@ class openstack_project::mirror_update (
   }
 
   cron { 'reprepro ubuntu-cloud-archive':
+    ensure      => absent,
     user        => 'root',
     hour        => '*/2',
     minute      => fqdn_rand(45, 'ubuntu-cloud-archive-mirror'),
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/reprepro/tasks/utils/cron.yaml b/playbooks/roles/reprepro/tasks/utils/cron.yaml
index 384b71dae6..2a33be6c1e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/reprepro/tasks/utils/cron.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/reprepro/tasks/utils/cron.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 - name: Install update cron jobs
   cron:
     name: '{{ _string_name }} reprepro mirror sync'
-    # NOTE(ianw) 2020-10-19 : initially disabled so we can try
-    # manually before we enable everything.
-    state: absent
+    state: present
     job: 'flock -n /var/run/reprepro/{{ _dir }}.lock reprepro-mirror-update {{ _dir }} {{ _volume }} >> /var/log/reprepro/{{ _dir }}.log 2>&1'
     hour: '*/2'
     minute: '{{ 45 | random(seed=inventory_hostname) }}'