diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum
index 44b17ac..9fc8004 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-mkdir -p /tmp/repo_backup
-mv /etc/yum.repos.d/* /tmp/repo_backup/
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_yum.conf')
 ## $SNIPPET('kickstart_centos_base_repo')
 ## $SNIPPET('kickstart_centos_debuginfo_repo')
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum_local_repo b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum_local_repo
index 1d8ff65..cf78f93 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum_local_repo
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum_local_repo
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #if $getVar("local_repo","") != ""
+mkdir -p /tmp/repo_backup
+mv /etc/yum.repos.d/* /tmp/repo_backup/
 cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/Compass.repo
 [compass_repo]
 name=Compass yum repo