diff --git a/sdcm/cluster.py b/sdcm/cluster.py
index 78517f0272..29622fb5c2 100644
--- a/sdcm/cluster.py
+++ b/sdcm/cluster.py
@@ -1792,7 +1792,6 @@ def download_scylla_repo(self, scylla_repo):
             self.install_package('gnupg2')
             self.remoter.sudo("mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings")
             for apt_key in self.parent_cluster.params.get("scylla_apt_keys"):
-                self.remoter.sudo(f"apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys {apt_key}", retry=3)
                 self.remoter.sudo(f"gpg --homedir /tmp --no-default-keyring --keyring /etc/apt/keyrings/scylladb.gpg "
                                   f"--keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys {apt_key}", retry=3)
         self.update_repo_cache()
@@ -1812,7 +1811,6 @@ def download_scylla_manager_repo(self, scylla_repo: str) -> None:
         if self.distro.is_debian_like:
             self.remoter.sudo("mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings")
             for apt_key in self.parent_cluster.params.get("scylla_apt_keys"):
-                self.remoter.sudo(f"apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys {apt_key}", retry=3)
                 self.remoter.sudo(f"gpg --homedir /tmp --no-default-keyring --keyring /etc/apt/keyrings/scylladb.gpg "
                                   f"--keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys {apt_key}", retry=3)
             self.remoter.sudo("apt-get update", ignore_status=True)