diff --git a/playbooks/groups/rabbitmq.yml b/playbooks/groups/rabbitmq.yml
index 517c15a59a..43df0534ae 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/rabbitmq.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/rabbitmq.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
   - hosts
   - fas_client
   - collectd/base
-  - collectd/rabbitmq
+  # RabbitMQ statistics are cluster-wide, only collect them on one member
+  - role: collectd/rabbitmq
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith('rabbitmq03')
   - rsyncd
   - sudo
   - rabbitmq_cluster
diff --git a/roles/collectd/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.collectd.conf.j2 b/roles/collectd/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.collectd.conf.j2
index 52d0246d71..e3cd968696 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.collectd.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/collectd/rabbitmq/templates/rabbitmq.collectd.conf.j2
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ LoadPlugin python
   Interactive false
   Import "collectd_rabbitmq.collectd_plugin"
   <Module "collectd_rabbitmq.collectd_plugin">
-
     Username "nagios-monitoring"
     Password "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary(rabbitmq_monitoring_password_production, rabbitmq_monitoring_password_staging) }}"
     Realm "RabbitMQ Management"
     Host "localhost"
     Port "15672"
+    Ignore "^federation:"
+    {% if env != 'production' %}
+    VHostPrefix "stg_"
+    {% endif %}
   </Module>
-</Plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Plugin>