diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
index 98b911e24c..03f223b043 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ external_hostname: qadevel-stg.cloud.fedoraproject.org
 
 sslcertfile: qa-stg.qa.fedoraproject.org.cert
 sslkeyfile: qa-stg.qa.fedoraproject.org.key
+sslintermediatecertfile: ''
 
 mariadb_host: localhost
 mariadb_config: my.cnf.phabricator