diff --git a/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron b/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron
index 9cf9bcf040..4a5ba01303 100644
--- a/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron
+++ b/roles/mdapi/templates/mdapi.cron
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Fetches repo metadata for mdapi
 #
-*/20 * * * * root /usr/bin/mdapi-get_repo_md /etc/mdapi/mdapi.cfg
+*/20 * * * * root /usr/bin/mdapi-get_repo_md /etc/mdapi/mdapi.cfg > /dev/null