diff --git a/config-drive/master_config.sh b/config-drive/master_config.sh
index 8945ef1..bce98fc 100644
--- a/config-drive/master_config.sh
+++ b/config-drive/master_config.sh
@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@
 salt-call state.sls salt
 salt-call state.sls maas.cluster,maas.region,reclass
 
+# disable backports for maas pkg repo
+/var/lib/maas/.maas_login.sh
+maas mirantis package-repository update 1 "disabled_pockets=backports"
+maas mirantis package-repository update 1 "arches=amd64"
+
 # Download ubuntu image from MAAS local mirror
 if [ "$LOCAL_REPOS" = true ] ; then
-  /var/lib/maas/.maas_login.sh
   maas mirantis boot-source-selections create 2 os="ubuntu" release="xenial" arches="amd64" subarches="*" labels="*"
   maas mirantis boot-source delete 1
   maas mirantis boot-resources import