diff --git a/hieradata/os/AlmaLinux/all_releases.yaml b/hieradata/os/AlmaLinux/all_releases.yaml
index b075680..eaa2953 100644
--- a/hieradata/os/AlmaLinux/all_releases.yaml
+++ b/hieradata/os/AlmaLinux/all_releases.yaml
@@ -19,45 +19,53 @@ profiles::yum::global::repos:
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/baseos.repo
     baseurl: https://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/%{facts.os.release.full}/BaseOS/%{facts.os.architecture}/os
     gpgkey: http://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux-%{facts.os.release.major}
+    mirrorlist: absent
   extras:
     name: extras
     descr: extras repository
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/extras.repo
     baseurl: https://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/%{facts.os.release.full}/extras/%{facts.os.architecture}/os
     gpgkey: http://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux-%{facts.os.release.major}
+    mirrorlist: absent
   appstream:
     name: appstream
     descr: appstream repository
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/appstream.repo
     baseurl: https://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/%{facts.os.release.full}/AppStream/%{facts.os.architecture}/os
     gpgkey: http://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux-%{facts.os.release.major}
+    mirrorlist: absent
   powertools:
     name: powertools
     descr: powertools repository
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/powertools.repo
     baseurl: https://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/%{facts.os.release.full}/PowerTools/%{facts.os.architecture}/os
     gpgkey: http://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux-%{facts.os.release.major}
+    mirrorlist: absent
   highavailability:
     name: highavailability
     descr: highavailability repository
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/highavailability.repo
     baseurl: https://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/%{facts.os.release.full}/HighAvailability/%{facts.os.architecture}/os
     gpgkey: http://edgecache.query.consul/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux-%{facts.os.release.major}
+    mirrorlist: absent
   epel:
     name: epel
     descr: epel repository
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
     baseurl: https://edgecache.query.consul/epel/%{facts.os.release.major}/Everything/%{facts.os.architecture}
     gpgkey: http://edgecache.query.consul/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-%{facts.os.release.major}
+    mirrorlist: absent
   puppet:
     name: puppet
     descr: puppet repository
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/puppet.repo
     baseurl: https://yum.puppet.com/puppet7/el/%{facts.os.release.major}/%{facts.os.architecture}
     gpgkey: https://yum.puppet.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-puppet-20250406
+    mirrorlist: absent
   unkin:
     name: unkin
     descr: unkin repository
     target: /etc/yum.repos.d/unkin.repo
     baseurl: https://git.query.consul/api/packages/unkinben/rpm/el%{facts.os.release.major}
     gpgkey: https://git.query.consul/api/packages/unkinben/rpm/repository.key
+    mirrorlist: absent
diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp
index c0b94a8..be4ec87 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/defaults.pp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class profiles::defaults {
     ensure     => 'present',
     enabled    => 1,
     gpgcheck   => 1,
-    mirrorlist => 'absent',
     require    => Class['profiles::pki::vaultca'],
     notify     => Exec['dnf_makecache'],
   }
diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp
index 795e208..ed36d63 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/yum/global.pp
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ class profiles::yum::global (
     purge => $purge,
   }
 
-  exec {'purge_almalinux_default_repos':
-    command => 'rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/almalinux*.repo',
-    path    => ['/bin', '/usr/bin'],
-    onlyif  => 'find /etc/yum.repos.d/ -type f -name *almalinux* | grep .',
-    before  => Resources['yumrepo'],
-  }
+  #exec {'purge_almalinux_default_repos':
+  #  command => 'rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/almalinux*.repo',
+  #  path    => ['/bin', '/usr/bin'],
+  #  onlyif  => 'find /etc/yum.repos.d/ -type f -name *almalinux* | grep .',
+  #  before  => Resources['yumrepo'],
+  #}
 
   # download all gpg keys if a repo defines it
   $repos.each |$name, $repo| {
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ class profiles::yum::global (
         before  => Yumrepo[$name],
       }
     }
+    # create the repo
+    yumrepo { $name:
+      * => $repo,
+    }
   }
 
-  # create repos
-  create_resources('yumrepo', $repos)
-
   # makecache if changes made to repos
   exec {'dnf_makecache':
     command     => 'dnf makecache -q',