diff --git a/bin/bugzillabot b/bin/bugzillabot
index 70ec833..cf005e2 100755
--- a/bin/bugzillabot
+++ b/bin/bugzillabot
@@ -1,149 +1,164 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
 # the License or any later version accepted by the membership of
 # KDE e.V. (or its successor approved by the membership of KDE
 # e.V.), which shall act as a proxy defined in Section 14 of
 # version 3 of the license.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 require 'pp'
 require 'date'
+require 'time'
 
 require_relative '../lib/bugzillabot'
 require_relative '../lib/monkey'
 require_relative '../lib/template'
 
+# Super old legacy bugs which used NEEDSINFO as (semi-)closure state.
+# Don't disturb them. This is also checked programatically but to save
+# processing these well know ones are hardcoded.
+BLACK_LIST = [142229, 151886, 171627, 196335, 214336, 219515, 257027, 261034,
+              278816, 279471, 317893, 319419, 363242, 384661]
+
 warn 'FIXME: load username from config'
 BOT_USER = 'bug-janitor@kde.org'.freeze
 BUGZILLA_URL = Bugzillabot.config.bugzilla_url
 
 puts Bugzillabot::Connection.new.get('version').body
 
 # FIXME: our bugzilla is too old omg
 # p c.get 'whoami'
 
 def bug_reminded?(bug)
   comments = bug.comments_since_status_change
   comment = comments[-1]
   return false unless comment
   return true if comment.creator == BOT_USER
   if comment.creator == 'andrew.crouthamel@kdemail.net' &&
      comment.text.downcase.include?('15 days. Please provide the requested information')
     return true
   end
   false
 end
 
 to_remind = []
 to_close = []
 to_revert = []
 
 Bugzillabot::Bug.search(status: 'NEEDSINFO') do |bug|
+  next if BLACK_LIST.include?(bug.id)
+
   1.times { puts }
 
   if bug.product == 'krita'
     comments = bug.comments_since_status_change
     if comments.any? { |x| x.creator == bug.creator }
       puts "Bug ##{bug.id} had a comment from reporter -> reverting"
       to_revert << bug
       next
     end
   end
 
   # * Bugs placed into NEEDSINFO status will received a reminder if the ticket is:
   #  - At least 15 days old
   begin
     delta = (Date.today - bug.changed_status_at.to_date).to_i
     if delta < 15
       puts "Bug ##{bug.id} has needinfo for less than 15 days (#{delta}) -> skipping"
       next
     end
   end
 
   # AND
   #  - Has not received any comment within 15 days
 
   # We'll now walk them again to determine the action for them.
   # - Bugs that had no comment in more than 15 days AND the last comment was from
   #   the bot (i.e. a bug which was already reminded) will be closed
   # - Bugs which had no comment in more than 15 days get a reminder otherwise.
   #   This will make the bot user the user to comment and thus trigger the above
   #   scenario if it goes
 
   begin
     comments = bug.comments_since_status_change
     last_comment = comments[-1]
     was_reminded = bug_reminded?(bug)
     delta = (Date.today - last_comment.time.to_date).to_i unless comments.empty?
     delta ||= (Date.today - bug.changed_status_at.to_date).to_i
     if delta && delta >= 15 && was_reminded
       puts "Bug #{bug.id} had no comment within the last 30 days (#{delta}) -> CLOSE"
       to_close << bug
     elsif delta && delta >= 15
-      puts "Bug #{bug.id} had a comment within the last 30 days (#{delta}) -> REMIND"
-      to_remind << bug
+      # Skip super old bugs to not disturb legacy bugs. In the past some
+      # projects (in particular valgrind used NEEDSINFO as a closure state).
+      if delta >= 365
+        puts "Bug #{bug.id} super old (#{delta}) -> skipping"
+      else
+        puts "Bug #{bug.id} had a comment within the last 30 days (#{delta}) -> REMIND"
+        to_remind << bug
+      end
     elsif was_reminded
       warn "Bug #{bug.id} was already reminded. Reminder not old enough (#{delta})"
     else # !was_reminded
       # This bug is in needsinfo for more than 15 days but has a fairly recent
       # comment that is not a reminder and is thus considered active.
       warn "Bug #{bug.id} does not need actioning. [#{delta}; #{was_reminded}]"
     end
   end
 
   warn " -- Done with #{bug.id}"
 end
 
 2.times { puts }
 
 # FIXME: revise config key and derive url from there
 to_remind.each do |bug|
   puts "REMINDING #{BUGZILLA_URL}/show_bug.cgi?id=#{bug.id}"
 end
 
 to_close.each do |bug|
   puts "CLOSING #{BUGZILLA_URL}/show_bug.cgi?id=#{bug.id}"
 end
 
 to_revert.each do |bug|
   puts "REVERTING #{BUGZILLA_URL}/show_bug.cgi?id=#{bug.id}"
 end
 
 # warn 'aborting here for now. NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN APPLIED'
 # exit
 puts "Going to close #{to_close.size} and remind #{to_remind.size} bugs"
 loop do
   puts 'enter "k" or ctrl-c to abort'
   break if gets.strip == 'k'
 end
 
 to_remind.each do |bug|
   puts "REMINDING #{BUGZILLA_URL}/show_bug.cgi?id=#{bug.id}"
   bug.comment(Template.remind)
 end
 
 to_close.each do |bug|
   puts "CLOSING #{BUGZILLA_URL}/show_bug.cgi?id=#{bug.id}"
   # FIXME: really worksforme?
   bug.update(status: 'RESOLVED',
              resolution: 'WORKSFORME',
              comment: { body: Template.close })
 end
 
 to_revert.each do |bug|
   puts "REVERTING #{BUGZILLA_URL}/show_bug.cgi?id=#{bug.id}"
   bug.update(status: 'REPORTED', # NB: this is UNCONFIRMED on bugstest still
              comment: { body: Template.revert })
 end