diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index b00b3f4b5b..49e682521d 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   - distgit
 
 - name: install the http push configuration
-  copy: src=httppush.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/httpush.conf
+  template: src=httppush.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/httpush.conf
   notify:
   - reload httpd
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/httppush.conf b/roles/distgit/templates/httppush.conf
similarity index 95%
rename from roles/distgit/files/httppush.conf
rename to roles/distgit/templates/httppush.conf
index f4a118deaf..85db728085 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/files/httppush.conf
+++ b/roles/distgit/templates/httppush.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /srv/git/repositories
-
-AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$          /srv/git/repositories/$1
-AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /srv/git/repositories/$1
-
 <Location />
   AuthType oauth20
   Require all granted
@@ -22,6 +17,12 @@ AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /srv/git/repositori
   </Else>
 </LocationMatch>
 
+{% if env == "production" %}
+SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /srv/git/repositories
+
+AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$          /srv/git/repositories/$1
+AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /srv/git/repositories/$1
+
 SuexecUserGroup pagure packager
 
 ScriptAliasMatch \
@@ -30,3 +31,4 @@ ScriptAliasMatch \
   objects/info/[^/]+ | \
   git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \
   /var/www/bin/gitolite-suexec-wrapper.sh/
+{% endif %}