diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
index 1c9dc36e49..1736e2fcdd 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ LOCAL_SSH_KEY = False
 ALLOW_DELETE_BRANCH = False
 ALLOWED_PREFIX = ['rpms', 'modules', 'container', 'tests']
 EXCLUDE_GROUP_INDEX = ['packager']
+EMAIL_ON_WATCHCOMMITS = False
 
 DISABLED_PLUGINS = ['IRC', 'Pagure tickets', 'Read the Doc', 'Fedmsg']