diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2
index 13c221db76..675d9ee70c 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/base.py.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ config = dict(
 
     # This is the URL of a datagrepper instance that we can query for backlog.
     {% if env == 'staging' %}
-    datagrepper_url="https://apps.stg.fedoraproject.org/datagrepper/raw",
+    # But we have it turned off in staging.
+    #datagrepper_url="https://apps.stg.fedoraproject.org/datagrepper/raw",
     {% else %}
     datagrepper_url="https://apps.fedoraproject.org/datagrepper/raw",
     {% endif %}