diff --git a/mock/integration-tests/runtests.sh b/mock/integration-tests/runtests.sh
index c64dcd090..e02a5606c 100755
--- a/mock/integration-tests/runtests.sh
+++ b/mock/integration-tests/runtests.sh
@@ -44,15 +44,7 @@ else
     MOCKSRPM=$1
 fi
 
-if [ -e /usr/bin/dnf ]; then
-    header "pre-populating the cache (DNF)"
-    runcmd "$MOCKCMD --init --dnf"
-    header "clean up"
-    runcmd "$MOCKCMD --offline --clean"
-else
-    header "pre-populating the cache (YUM)"
-    runcmd "$MOCKCMD --init"
-fi
+runcmd "$MOCKCMD --init"
 header "installing dependencies for $MOCKSRPM"
 runcmd "$MOCKCMD --disable-plugin=tmpfs --installdeps $MOCKSRPM"
 if [ ! -e $CHROOT/usr/include/python* ]; then