diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index bf9eaafe3c..80ac4571bf 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   - httpd
   - mod_ssl
   - mod_auth_gssapi
+  - python-fedmsg-genacls
   - /usr/sbin/semanage
   tags:
   - distgit
@@ -219,6 +220,12 @@
   - config
   - distgit
 
+- name: install the fedmsg configuration
+  template: src=fedmsg-genacls-config.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/genacls.py
+            owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  tags:
+  - distgit
+
 - name: remove file pre-dating pagure over dist-git
   file: path={{ item }} state=absent
   with_items:
@@ -230,13 +237,6 @@
   - config
   - distgit
 
-- name: remove packages pre-dating pagure over dist-git
-  yum: pkg={{ item }} state=absent
-  with_items:
-  - python-fedmsg-genacls
-  tags:
-  - distgit
-
 - name: Get admin users
   command: "/srv/web/infra/ansible/scripts/users-from-fas @sysadmin-main {{ admin_groups }}"
   register: admin_user_list
diff --git a/roles/distgit/templates/fedmsg-genacls-config.py b/roles/distgit/templates/fedmsg-genacls-config.py
index 58d3acaede..419dcbd01c 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/templates/fedmsg-genacls-config.py
+++ b/roles/distgit/templates/fedmsg-genacls-config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 config = {
-    'genacls.consumer.enabled': True,
+    'genacls.consumer.enabled': False,
     'genacls.consumer.delay': 5, # 5 seconds
 
     # New world