diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb
index 9d334ef..f7f3a62 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/recipes/default.rb
@@ -124,3 +124,10 @@ firewall_rule 'gitea' do
   protocol :tcp
   command  :allow
 end
+
+# Hack-fix until we can disable auto-generation of archives
+# TODO https://gitea.kosmos.org/kosmos/chef/issues/395
+cron 'delete auto-generated repo file archives' do
+  minute '*/15'
+  command 'rm -rf /var/lib/gitea/data/repo-archive/* >/dev/null 2>&1'
+end