diff --git a/pkg/engine/fetchit.go b/pkg/engine/fetchit.go
index 1ba056c8..b278cf97 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/fetchit.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/fetchit.go
@@ -202,40 +202,7 @@ func (hc *FetchitConfig) InitConfig(initial bool) {
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 	}
 
-	beforeTargets := len(hc.Targets)
 	hc.Targets = config.Targets
-	if beforeTargets > 0 {
-		// replace lastCommit - to avoid re-running same jobs, since the scheduler finished all jobs
-		// with the last commit before arriving here
-		for i, t := range hc.Targets {
-			if t.Methods.Raw != nil {
-				if config.Targets[i].Methods.Raw != nil {
-					t.Methods.Raw.lastCommit = config.Targets[i].Methods.Raw.lastCommit
-				}
-			}
-			if t.Methods.Kube != nil {
-				if config.Targets[i].Methods.Kube != nil {
-					t.Methods.Kube.lastCommit = config.Targets[i].Methods.Kube.lastCommit
-				}
-			}
-			if t.Methods.Ansible != nil {
-				if config.Targets[i].Methods.Ansible != nil {
-					t.Methods.Ansible.lastCommit = config.Targets[i].Methods.Ansible.lastCommit
-				}
-			}
-			if t.Methods.FileTransfer != nil {
-				if config.Targets[i].Methods.FileTransfer != nil {
-					t.Methods.FileTransfer.lastCommit = config.Targets[i].Methods.FileTransfer.lastCommit
-				}
-			}
-			if t.Methods.Systemd != nil {
-				if config.Targets[i].Methods.Systemd != nil {
-					t.Methods.Systemd.lastCommit = config.Targets[i].Methods.Systemd.lastCommit
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// look for a ConfigFileTarget, only find the first
 	// TODO: add logic to merge multiple configs
 	for _, t := range hc.Targets {
diff --git a/pkg/engine/types.go b/pkg/engine/types.go
index c981276a..dc257909 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/types.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/types.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package engine
 
 import (
 	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
 )
 
 type Target struct {
@@ -63,8 +61,6 @@ type RawTarget struct {
 	PullImage bool `mapstructure:"pullImage"`
 	// initialRun is set by fetchit
 	initialRun bool
-	// lastCommit is set by fetchit
-	lastCommit *object.Commit
 }
 
 // SystemdTarget to place and/or enable systemd unit files on host
@@ -99,8 +95,6 @@ type SystemdTarget struct {
 	Skew *int `mapstructure:"skew"`
 	// initialRun is set by fetchit
 	initialRun bool
-	// lastCommit is set by fetchit
-	lastCommit *object.Commit
 }
 
 // FileTransferTarget to place files on host system
@@ -116,8 +110,6 @@ type FileTransferTarget struct {
 	Skew *int `mapstructure:"skew"`
 	// initialRun is set by fetchit
 	initialRun bool
-	// lastCommit is set by fetchit
-	lastCommit *object.Commit
 }
 
 // KubeTarget to launch pods using podman kube-play
@@ -131,8 +123,6 @@ type KubeTarget struct {
 	Skew *int `mapstructure:"skew"`
 	// initialRun is set by fetchit
 	initialRun bool
-	// lastCommit is set by fetchit
-	lastCommit *object.Commit
 }
 
 // AnsibleTarget to place and run ansible playbooks
@@ -148,8 +138,6 @@ type AnsibleTarget struct {
 	SshDirectory string `mapstructure:"sshDirectory"`
 	// initialRun is set by fetchit
 	initialRun bool
-	// lastCommit is set by fetchit
-	lastCommit *object.Commit
 }
 
 // Clean configures targets to run a system prune periodically