diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index ef9a29ed08..436375ed6e 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=4"
 
 # We define this here to override the global one because we need eth1
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_two_nic }}"
+
+mm2_checkin: false
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index 3dd8acc8b7..3aa2a39230 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/mm-backend01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=4"
 
 # We define this here to override the global one because we need eth1
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_two_nic }}"
+
+mm2_checkin: false