diff --git a/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2 b/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2
index 3f7ed27557..9f77f16cfc 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2
+++ b/roles/phabricator/templates/local.json.j2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "phd.pid-directory" : "/var/run/phabricator/",
   "phd.log-directory" : "/var/log/phabricator/",
   "phd.user" : "{{ phabricator_daemon_user }}",
-  "pygments.enabled" : "true",
+  "pygments.enabled" : true,
   "storage.local-disk.path" : "{{ phabricator_filedir }}",
   "repository.default-local-path" : "{{ phabricator_repodir }}",
   "environment.append-paths" : ["/usr/libexec/git-core/"],