diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 8df2a8026b..7958f005a5 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   copy: src=backend.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/mm2_backend.cron
   tags:
   - config
+  when: env != 'staging'
 
 - name: install the fedmsg query script
   copy: src=last-sync dest=/usr/local/bin/last-sync mode=0755