diff --git a/extraconfig/pre_deploy/rhel-registration/scripts/rhel-registration b/extraconfig/pre_deploy/rhel-registration/scripts/rhel-registration
index 6f83cc4bf1..4f13a79568 100644
--- a/extraconfig/pre_deploy/rhel-registration/scripts/rhel-registration
+++ b/extraconfig/pre_deploy/rhel-registration/scripts/rhel-registration
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ case "${REG_METHOD:-}" in
             retry subscription-manager $repos
             retry yum install -y katello-agent || true # needed for errata reporting to satellite6
             katello-package-upload
-            retry subscription-manager repos --disable ${satellite_repo}
         else
             pushd /usr/share/rhn/
             curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 -k -O $REG_SAT_URL/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/leave-satellite-repo-enabled-8b60528bd5450c7b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/leave-satellite-repo-enabled-8b60528bd5450c7b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c327265a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/leave-satellite-repo-enabled-8b60528bd5450c7b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Previously the RHEL registration script disabled the satellite repo after
+    installing the necessary packages from it.  This makes it awkward to
+    update those packages later, so the repo will no longer be disabled.