diff --git a/roles/cgit/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cgit/base/tasks/main.yml
index 98b1cad369..a4c8e2ba52 100644
--- a/roles/cgit/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cgit/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
   - images/html-bg.png
   - images/t.png
 
-- name: install the libravatar filter
-  copy: src=email-libravatar-korg.lua dest=/usr/libexec/cgit/filters/email-libravatar-korg.lua owner=root group=root mode=0755
+#- name: install the libravatar filter
+#  copy: src=email-libravatar-korg.lua dest=/usr/libexec/cgit/filters/email-libravatar-korg.lua owner=root group=root mode=0755
diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/cgitrc b/roles/distgit/files/cgitrc
index 7276dc333b..bfa8be01a0 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/files/cgitrc
+++ b/roles/distgit/files/cgitrc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ mimetype.svg=image/svg+xml
 
 # Enable syntax highlighting (requires the highlight package)
 #source-filter=/usr/libexec/cgit/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh
-email-filter=lua:/usr/libexec/cgit/filters/email-libravatar-korg.lua
+#email-filter=lua:/usr/libexec/cgit/filters/email-libravatar-korg.lua
 
 
 ##