diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 4052911b86..5e738a1a79 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 
 - name: install the dist-git config
   copy: src=dist-git.conf dest=/etc/dist-git/dist-git.conf
+  when: env != "staging"
   tags:
   - config
   - distgit