diff --git a/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.fedora b/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.fedora
index 0cf1483ce..b4e012de1 100644
--- a/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.fedora
+++ b/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.fedora
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ENV container=docker LANG=en_US.utf8 LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8 LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
 ADD dist /root
 RUN echo 'deltarpm = false' >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf \
     && dnf update -y dnf \
-    && sed -i 's/%_install_langs \(.*\)/\0:fr/g' /etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf \
+    && (sed -i 's/%_install_langs \(.*\)/\0:fr/g' /etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf ||:) \
     && dnf install -y systemd \
     && dnf install -y \
         firewalld \
diff --git a/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.rawhide b/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.rawhide
index 70ad9e804..575ad10b2 100644
--- a/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.rawhide
+++ b/ipatests/azure/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build.rawhide
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV container=docker LANG=en_US.utf8 LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8 LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
 ADD dist /root
 RUN echo 'deltarpm = false' >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf \
     && dnf update -y dnf \
-    && sed -i 's/%_install_langs \(.*\)/\0:fr/g' /etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf \
+    && (sed -i 's/%_install_langs \(.*\)/\0:fr/g' /etc/rpm/macros.image-language-conf ||:) \
     && dnf install -y systemd \
     && dnf install -y \
         firewalld \