diff --git a/common/qubes_check_for_updates.sh b/common/qubes_check_for_updates.sh
index 038637a2..abb1fd1d 100755
--- a/common/qubes_check_for_updates.sh
+++ b/common/qubes_check_for_updates.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if ! [ -d "$DOM0_UPDATES_DIR" ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p $DOM0_UPDATES_DIR/etc
-cp /etc/yum.conf $DOM0_UPDATES_DIR/etc/
+sed -i '/^reposdir\s*=/d' $DOM0_UPDATES_DIR/etc/yum.conf
 
 # check also for template updates
 echo "Checking for template updates..." >&2
diff --git a/common/qubes_download_dom0_updates.sh b/common/qubes_download_dom0_updates.sh
index 132a1619..eb2b2296 100755
--- a/common/qubes_download_dom0_updates.sh
+++ b/common/qubes_download_dom0_updates.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if ! [ -d "$DOM0_UPDATES_DIR" ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p $DOM0_UPDATES_DIR/etc
-cp /etc/yum.conf $DOM0_UPDATES_DIR/etc/
+sed -i '/^reposdir\s*=/d' $DOM0_UPDATES_DIR/etc/yum.conf
 
 if [ "x$CLEAN" = "1" ]; then
     yum $OPTS clean all
diff --git a/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh b/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh
index d508b55c..88a8b29f 100755
--- a/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh
+++ b/dom0/aux-tools/sync_rpmdb_updatevm.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 UPDATEVM=`qvm-get-updatevm`
 
 if [ -n "$UPDATEVM" ]; then
-    /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client -d "$UPDATEVM" -l 'tar c /var/lib/rpm /etc/yum.repos.d 2>/dev/null' 'user:tar x -C /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates'
+    /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec_client -d "$UPDATEVM" -l 'tar c /var/lib/rpm /etc/yum.repos.d /etc/yum.conf 2>/dev/null' 'user:tar x -C /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates'
 fi
 
 # Ignore errors (eg VM not running)