diff --git a/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 42b3cb5459..c677691170 100644
--- a/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/odcs/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
   - packages
   - odcs
   - odcs/backend
+- name: Make sure Python fedmsg-hub isn't running.
+  service:
+    name: fedmsg-hub
+    state: stopped
+    enabled: false
+  tags:
+  - odcs
+  - odcs/backend
 - name: Make sure Python3 fedmsg-hub-3 isn't running.
   service:
     name: fedmsg-hub-3