diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_back b/inventory/group_vars/copr_back
index 5bbd592e86..b1f52a4e30 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_back
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_back
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ copr_builder_images:
 nrpe_procs_warn: 2200
 nrpe_procs_crit: 2500
 
-fedmsg_enabled: "true"
-
 do_sign: "true"
 
 spawn_in_advance: "true"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_dev b/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_dev
index 5ba2146244..de94b2a9c1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_dev
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ copr_builder_images:
   ppc64le: copr-builder-ppc64le-f30-20190814_133103
   aarch64: copr-builder-20190814_133304
 
-fedmsg_enabled: "true"
-
 do_sign: "true"
 
 spawn_in_advance: "false"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_stg b/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_stg
index 5861b26fa0..58ac5450cb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr_back_stg
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ copr_builder_network_name: "coprdev-net"
 copr_builder_key_name: "buildsys"
 copr_builder_security_groups: "ssh-anywhere-coprdev,default,ssh-from-persistent-coprdev"
 
-fedmsg_enabled: "true"
-
 do_sign: "true"
 
 spawn_in_advance: "false"
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org
index fd0289540a..259459ce98 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org
@@ -22,22 +22,14 @@ tcp_ports: [ 22, 80, 443,
 # These 8 ports are used by fedmsg.  One for each wsgi thread.
          3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007]
 
-# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
-fedmsg_certs:
-- service: shell
-  owner: root
-  group: root
-- service: copr
-  owner: root
-  group: copr
-  can_send:
-  - copr.build.start
-  - copr.build.end
-  - copr.chroot.start
-  - copr.worker.create
+# consumed by roles/messaging/base
+messaging:
+  certificates:
+  - key: copr
+    username: copr
+    app_name: Copr build system
 
 # Copr vars
-
 copr_hostbase: copr-be
 
 host_backup_targets: ['/var/lib/copr/public_html/results']
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 7787013b43..4276474ef8 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@
   - restart copr-backend
   tags:
   - config
-  when: devel|bool
 
 - name: copy sign.conf
   template: src=sign.conf dest=/etc/sign.conf  owner=root group=copr mode=640
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
index 40c69507da..7ef04db2ea 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
@@ -98,10 +98,6 @@ worker_logdir=/var/log/copr/workers/
 # default is false
 #exit_on_worker=false
 
-# publish fedmsg notifications from workers if true
-# default is false
-fedmsg_enabled={{ fedmsg_enabled }}
-
 # enable package signing, require configured
 # signer host and correct /etc/sign.conf
 do_sign={{ do_sign }}