diff --git a/util/kojira b/util/kojira
index fcc63903..246d5aef 100755
--- a/util/kojira
+++ b/util/kojira
@@ -643,12 +643,14 @@ class RepoManager(object):
             session.logout()
 
     def pruneLocalRepos(self):
+        volname = 'DEFAULT'
+        volumedir = pathinfo.volumedir(volname)
+        repodir = "%s/repos" % volumedir
+        self._pruneLocalRepos(repodir, self.options.deleted_repo_lifetime)
+
         for volinfo in self.session.listVolumes():
             volname = volinfo['name']
             volumedir = pathinfo.volumedir(volname)
-            if volname == 'DEFAULT':  # currently the only path for non-dist repos.
-                repodir = "%s/repos" % volumedir
-                self._pruneLocalRepos(repodir, self.options.deleted_repo_lifetime)
             distrepodir = "%s/repos-dist" % volumedir
             self._pruneLocalRepos(distrepodir, self.options.dist_repo_lifetime)
 
@@ -1209,8 +1211,6 @@ def get_options():
     parser.add_option("--logfile", help="Specify logfile")
     parser.add_option("--queue-file",
                       help="If specified, queue is dumped to separate status file each cycle")
-    parser.add_option("--ignore-other-volumes", action="store_true",
-                      help="Ignore repos on other volumes")
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
     config = koji.read_config_files(options.configFile)
diff --git a/util/kojira.conf b/util/kojira.conf
index e3bb2d08..31160fc6 100644
--- a/util/kojira.conf
+++ b/util/kojira.conf
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ logfile=/var/log/kojira.log
 ; as otherwise you can end with weird behaviour. For details see
 ; https://pagure.io/koji/issue/2159
 ; check_external_repos = false
+
+; don't attempt to remove repos on non-default volumes
+; ignore_other_volumes = false