diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
index f842717173..52a72a9328 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -16,14 +16,3 @@ description: waverdb development instance
 cloud_networks:
   # persistent-net
   - net-id: "67b77354-39a4-43de-b007-bb813ac5c35f"
-
-# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
-fedmsg_active: True
-fedmsg_cert_prefix: waiverdb
-
-fedmsg_certs:
-- service: waiverdb
-  owner: root
-  group: fedmsg
-  can_send:
-  - waiverdb.new
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
index 05a4bd278d..9c23e028fe 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/waiverdb-dev.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@
   - include: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
 
   roles:
-  - fedmsg/base
   - nginx
   - waiverdb
diff --git a/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/waiverdb/settings.py.j2 b/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/waiverdb/settings.py.j2
index 154b494e45..45220fc4df 100644
--- a/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/waiverdb/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/waiverdb/settings.py.j2
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql://waiverdb-user@:{{ waiverdb_db_port }}/wa
 OIDC_CLIENT_SECRETS = '/etc/waiverdb/client_secrets.json'
 OIDC_REQUIRED_SCOPE = 'https://waiverdb.fedoraproject.org/oidc/create-waiver'
 OIDC_RESOURCE_SERVER_ONLY = True
+{% if env == "dev" %}
+ZEROMQ_PUBLISH = False
+{% endif %}