diff --git a/tasks/php-qa.yaml b/tasks/php-qa.yaml
index a9ce292..64cf493 100644
--- a/tasks/php-qa.yaml
+++ b/tasks/php-qa.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@
     path: "{{ repo_path + '/.github/' }}"
   register: directory_exists
 
-- name: Generate composer-unused.php file
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "{{ './templates/php-qa/composer-unused.php.j2' }}"
-    dest: "{{ repo_path + '/composer-unused.php' }}"
+- name: Ensure composer-unused.php is absent
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ repo_path + '/composer-unused.php' }}"
+    state: absent
+
+# XXX: composer-unused as part of Card (epic) 8980
+#- name: Generate composer-unused.php file
+#  ansible.builtin.template:
+#    src: "{{ './templates/php-qa/composer-unused.php.j2' }}"
+#    dest: "{{ repo_path + '/composer-unused.php' }}"
 
 - name: Generate .php-cs-fixer.dist.php file
   ansible.builtin.template:
diff --git a/templates/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh.j2 b/templates/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh.j2
index 220d8dd..6b36b8d 100755
--- a/templates/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/.devcontainer/postCreate.sh.j2
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED || true
 git config commit.template .devcontainer/git/linkorb_commit.template
 
 {% if repo.type in ['application', 'library', 'symfony-bundle'] or repo.type.startswith('php-') %}
-cp .devcontainer/git/hooks/pre-push .git/hooks/pre-push
-chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-push
 
 {% if repo.devcontainer.private_packagist %}
 composer config --global --auth http-basic.repo.packagist.com "$GITHUB_USER" "$PACKAGIST_TOKEN"
diff --git a/templates/.devcontainer/postStart.sh.j2 b/templates/.devcontainer/postStart.sh.j2
index 98e2409..7f2591f 100755
--- a/templates/.devcontainer/postStart.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/.devcontainer/postStart.sh.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # {{ repo_managed }}
 
+# pre-push composer-unused hook disabled. See Card #8980
+if [ -f .git/hooks/pre-push ]; then
+  diff .devcontainer/git/hooks/pre-push .git/hooks/pre-push
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    rm .git/hooks/pre-push
+  fi
+fi
 {{ repo.devcontainer.postStartCommand|default('') }}