diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/autocloud-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/autocloud-backend-stg
index 9a6598813d..a2c62bc127 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/autocloud-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/autocloud-backend-stg
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tcp_ports: [
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-fedimg,sysadmin-releng,sysadmin-veteran
 
-fedmsg_debug_loopback: True
+#fedmsg_debug_loopback: True
 
 # These people get told when something goes wrong.
 fedmsg_error_recipients:
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fedimg-stg b/inventory/group_vars/fedimg-stg
index 75430a9ffe..6fb8eecf85 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fedimg-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fedimg-stg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tcp_ports: [
 # TODO, restrict this down to just sysadmin-releng
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-datanommer,sysadmin-releng,sysadmin-fedimg,fi-apprentice,sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-veteran,sysadmin-atomic
 
-fedmsg_debug_loopback: True 
+#fedmsg_debug_loopback: True 
 
 # These people get told when something goes wrong.
 fedmsg_error_recipients: