diff --git a/.vscode/sftp.json b/.vscode/sftp.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7de9a4d41..000000000
--- a/.vscode/sftp.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "10.66.166.230",
-    "host": "10.66.166.230",
-    "protocol": "sftp",
-    "port": 22,
-    "username": "onionuser",
-    "remotePath": "/home/onionuser/so/",
-    "uploadOnSave": false,
-    "useTempFile": false,
-    "autoDelete": true,
-    "openSsh": false
-}
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index e3307bade..d233b3cb4 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1893,14 +1893,6 @@ securityonion_repo() {
 repo_sync_local() {
 	# Sync the repo from the the SO repo locally.
 	# Check for reposync
-	REPOSYNC=$(rpm -qa | grep createrepo | wc -l)
-	if [[ ! "$REPOSYNC" -gt 0 ]]; then
-		# Install reposync
-		info "Installing createrepo"
-		logCmd "yum -y install yum-utils createrepo"
-	else
-		info "We have what we need to sync"
-	fi
 	info "Backing up old repos"
 	mkdir -p /nsm/repo
 	mkdir -p /root/reposync_cache
@@ -1924,6 +1916,15 @@ repo_sync_local() {
 	echo "gpgcheck=1" >> /root/repodownload.conf
 	echo "gpgkey=https://repo.securityonion.net/file/securityonion-repo/keys/securityonion.pub" >> /root/repodownload.conf
 
+	REPOSYNC=$(rpm -qa | grep createrepo | wc -l)
+	if [[ ! "$REPOSYNC" -gt 0 ]]; then
+		# Install reposync
+		info "Installing createrepo"
+		logCmd "yum -y install -c /root/repodownload.conf yum-utils createrepo"
+	else
+		info "We have what we need to sync"
+	fi
+
 	logCmd "reposync --norepopath -n -g -l -d -m -c /root/repodownload.conf -r securityonionsync --download-metadata -p /nsm/repo/"