diff --git a/test/cases/api.sh b/test/cases/api.sh
index 8c6041955..ba9922fdd 100755
--- a/test/cases/api.sh
+++ b/test/cases/api.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ PGUSER=postgres PGPASSWORD=foobar PGDATABASE=osbuildcomposer PGHOST=localhost PG
 popd
 
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee "/etc/osbuild-composer/osbuild-composer.toml"
+ignore_missing_repos = true
 log_level = "debug"
 [koji]
 allowed_domains = [ "localhost", "client.osbuild.org" ]
@@ -778,6 +779,7 @@ verifyPackageList
 #
 greenprint  "Verifying oauth2"
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee "/etc/osbuild-composer/osbuild-composer.toml"
+ignore_missing_repos = true
 [koji]
 enable_tls = false
 enable_mtls = false
diff --git a/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh b/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh
index 03ac7c0e5..c269bfd8f 100644
--- a/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh
+++ b/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ sudo "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" pull --creds "${V2_QUAY_USERNAME}":"${V2_QUAY_PASSWO
      "quay.io/osbuild/osbuild-composer-ubi-pr:${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
 
 cat <<EOF | sudo tee "/etc/osbuild-composer/osbuild-composer.toml"
+ignore_missing_repos = true
 log_level = "debug"
 [koji]
 allowed_domains = [ "localhost", "client.osbuild.org" ]
diff --git a/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-jwt.toml b/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-jwt.toml
index 24b6364df..0c39dbb37 100644
--- a/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-jwt.toml
+++ b/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-jwt.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ignore_missing_repos = true
+
 [koji]
 enable_tls = false
 enable_mtls = false
diff --git a/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-tls.toml b/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-tls.toml
index 90179d041..2a1e5640a 100644
--- a/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-tls.toml
+++ b/test/data/composer/osbuild-composer-tls.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ignore_missing_repos = true
+
 [koji]
 allowed_domains = [ "localhost", "client.osbuild.org" ]
 ca = "/etc/osbuild-composer/ca-crt.pem"
diff --git a/tools/provision.sh b/tools/provision.sh
index fbbcc338f..68ac58d49 100755
--- a/tools/provision.sh
+++ b/tools/provision.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ sudo mkdir -p /etc/osbuild-worker
 # these are expected to be provided with the compose request.
 if [[ "$AUTH_METHOD" != "$AUTH_METHOD_NONE" ]]; then
     # Remove the repositories, because it is not used in the Service scenario
+    # This requires that ignore_missing_repos is enabled in the osbuild-composer configuration
     sudo rm -rf /etc/osbuild-composer/repositories
     sudo rm -f /usr/share/osbuild-composer/repositories/*