diff --git a/BUILD/mdbci/copy_repos.sh b/BUILD/mdbci/copy_repos.sh
index fd9503c92..d791953b9 100755
--- a/BUILD/mdbci/copy_repos.sh
+++ b/BUILD/mdbci/copy_repos.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ if [ "$box_type" == "RPM" ] ; then
 	# Build can be executed to check if it is possible to build
         # and to run install and upgrade tests
         # with thre real RHEL, but we use CentOS packages for production
-        if [[ "$platform" != "rhel" || ( "$platform" == "rhel"  && "$platform_version" == "8" ) ]]; then
-                if [[ "$platform" == "rhel"  && "$platform_version" == "8" ]]; then
-                        export platform="centos"
-                fi
+        if [[ "$platform" != "rhel" ]]; then
                 export arch=`ssh $sshopt "arch"`
                 . ${script_dir}/generate_build_info_path.sh