diff --git a/playbooks/groups/badges-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/badges-backend.yml
index b5271692ba..77514dd7ff 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/badges-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/badges-backend.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
   - include: $tasks/rkhunter.yml
   - include: $tasks/denyhosts.yml
   - include: $tasks/nagios_client.yml
+  - include: $tasks/openvpn_client.yml
+    only_if: "'$env' != 'staging'"
   - include: $tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
 
   handlers: