diff --git a/spec/acceptance/mod_authnz_ldap_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/mod_authnz_ldap_spec.rb
index ef59b6a5b0..82615ab624 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/mod_authnz_ldap_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/mod_authnz_ldap_spec.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
 # We need to restrict this test to RHEL 7.x, 8.x derived OSs as there are too many unique
 # dependency issues to solve on all supported platforms.
 describe 'apache::mod::authnz_ldap', if: mod_supported_on_platform?('apache::mod::authnz_ldap') do
-  before(:each) do
-    if os[:family] == 'redhat'
-      run_shell('yum clean all') # To clear some issues when configuring EPEL / Optional repos
-      run_shell('dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm -y') if os[:release].to_i == 8
-    end
-  end
   context 'Default mod_authnz_ldap module installation' do
     pp = if run_shell("grep 'Oracle Linux Server' /etc/os-release", expect_failures: true).exit_status == 0
            <<-MANIFEST
@@ -27,9 +21,6 @@ class { 'apache::mod::authnz_ldap': }
       MANIFEST
          else
            <<-MANIFEST
-        package { 'epel-release':
-          ensure => present,
-        }
         class { 'apache': }
         class { 'apache::mod::authnz_ldap': }
         MANIFEST
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
index 2cb26b135d..3d27d291c2 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ def print_parsing_errors
   end
   c.before :suite do
     # Make sure selinux is disabled so the tests work.
-    LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('setenforce 0', expect_failures: true) if %r{redhat|oracle}.match?(os[:family])
+    LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('setenforce 0', expect_failures: true) if os[:family] == 'RedHat'
 
     LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('puppet module install stahnma/epel')
+
+    LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('yum-config-manager --disable rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-debug-rpms') if os[:name] == 'RedHat' && os[:release].to_i == 7
+
     pp = <<-PUPPETCODE
     # needed by tests
     package { 'curl':