diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-mirror-update b/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-mirror-update
index f68544cfd7..3155f172d6 100755
--- a/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-mirror-update
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-mirror-update
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ $K5START ${RSYNC} \
     --exclude="images/" \
     --exclude="isolinux/" \
     --exclude="ppc64le*" \
+    --exclude="*.i686.rpm" \
     --exclude=".*" \
     $MIRROR $BASE/8-stream
 
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ for REPO in $REPOS; do
     --exclude="isolinux/" \
     --exclude="paas" \
     --exclude="*/drpms" \
+    --exclude="*.i686.rpm" \
     $EXTRA_OPTS \
     $MIRROR_PATH $BASE/$REPO/
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-stream-mirror-update b/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-stream-mirror-update
index 22c31df40e..77cdde482e 100755
--- a/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-stream-mirror-update
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mirror-update/files/centos-stream-mirror-update
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ $K5START ${RSYNC} \
     --exclude="s390x" \
     --exclude="source" \
     --exclude="ppc64le" \
+    --exclude="*.i686.rpm" \
     $MIRROR ${BASE}/9-stream
 
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