diff --git a/jeepyb/cmd/create_cgitrepos.py b/jeepyb/cmd/create_cgitrepos.py
index 70cf9aa..35a65e4 100644
--- a/jeepyb/cmd/create_cgitrepos.py
+++ b/jeepyb/cmd/create_cgitrepos.py
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@
                                    'DEFAULT_ORG is set.' % project)
             (org, name) = (DEFAULT_ORG, project)
         description = entry.get('description', name)
+        retired = entry.get('acl-config', '').endswith('retired.config')
         assert project not in names
         names.add(project)
-        gitorgs.setdefault(org, []).append((name, description))
+        gitorgs.setdefault(org, []).append((name, description, retired))
     if SCRATCH_SUBPATH:
         assert SCRATCH_SUBPATH not in gitorgs
         scratch_path = os.path.join(REPO_PATH, SCRATCH_SUBPATH)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
             if not os.path.isdir(scratch_dir):
                 os.makedirs(scratch_dir)
             projects = gitorgs[org]
-            for (name, description) in projects:
+            for (name, description, retired) in projects:
                 scratch_repo = "%s.git" % os.path.join(scratch_dir, name)
                 subprocess.call(['git', 'init', '--bare', scratch_repo])
                 subprocess.call(['chown', '-R', '%s:%s'
@@ -89,12 +90,15 @@
             org_dir = os.path.join(REPO_PATH, org)
             projects = gitorgs[org]
             projects.sort()
-            for (name, description) in projects:
-                project_repo = "%s.git" % os.path.join(org_dir, name)
-                cgit_file.write('\n')
-                cgit_file.write('repo.url=%s/%s\n' % (org, name))
-                cgit_file.write('repo.path=%s/\n' % (project_repo))
-                cgit_file.write('repo.desc=%s\n' % (clean_string(description)))
+            for (name, description, retired) in projects:
+                if not retired:
+                    project_repo = "%s.git" % os.path.join(org_dir, name)
+                    cgit_file.write('\n')
+                    cgit_file.write('repo.url=%s/%s\n' % (org, name))
+                    cgit_file.write('repo.path=%s/\n' % (project_repo))
+                    cgit_file.write('repo.desc=%s\n' % (description))
+                    cgit_file.write(
+                        'repo.desc=%s\n' % (clean_string(description)))
                 if not os.path.exists(project_repo):
                     subprocess.call(['git', 'init', '--bare', project_repo])
                     subprocess.call(['chown', '-R', '%s:%s'