diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2
index 769eb18535..42e3f6206d 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/pungi.rpm.conf.j2
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ createiso_skip = [
         }),
     ]
 
+{% if env != "staging" %}
 [% if release.id_prefix == 'FEDORA' and release.version_int >= 26 %]
 ostree = {
     "^Everything$": [
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ ostree = {
     ]
 }
 [% endif %]
+{% endif %}
 
 translate_paths = [
    ('/mnt/koji/compose/', 'https://kojipkgs{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/compose/'),