diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
index d7fe83dcf5..4be3fd9918 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
@@ -237,13 +237,11 @@ config = dict(
                 "handlers": ["console", "mailer"],
             },
         ),
-        {% if not inventory_hostname.startswith('mbs-backend') %}
         # Root handler that deals with log messages that are not handled by the
         # loggers explicitly configured in the `loggers` dict.
         root={
             "level": "{{fedmsg_loglevel}}",
             "handlers": ["console", "mailer"],
         },
-        {% endif %}
     ),
 )
diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
index 0c2e57042c..098069b524 100644
--- a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
   - mbs
   - mbs/common
 
-- name: kill development config
-  file: path=/etc/fedmsg.d/module_build_service.py state=absent
+- name: kill development configs
+  file: path=/etc/fedmsg.d/{{ item }} state=absent
+  with_items:
+  - module_build_service.py
+  - mbs-logging.py
   notify:
   - restart apache
   - restart fedmsg-hub