diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index c0bbffcb3..3d7cedf1e 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1970,7 +1970,6 @@ repo_sync_local() {
 			else  
 				logCmd "dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb"
 				logCmd "dnf -y install epel-release"
-				logCmd "dnf -y install epel-next"
 			fi
 			dnf install -y yum-utils device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2
 			curl -fsSL https://repo.securityonion.net/file/so-repo/prod/2.4/so/so.repo | tee /etc/yum.repos.d/so.repo