diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/handlers/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 75e79e93b8..0000000000
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: restart fedora-messaging
-  service:
-    name: fm-consumer@config.service
-    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 960924955b..a17e623b49 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend')
   notify:
   - reload bodhi httpd
-  - restart fedora-messaging
   tags:
   - config
   - bodhi
@@ -350,8 +349,6 @@
     group=apache
     mode=0600
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend')
-  notify:
-  - restart fedora-messaging
   tags:
   - config
   - bodhi
@@ -370,7 +367,6 @@
     mode: 0644
   notify:
   - reload systemd
-  - restart fedora-messaging
   tags:
   - bodhi
   - config
@@ -407,8 +403,6 @@
     mode: 0644
     owner: apache
     group: apache
-  notify:
-  - restart fedora-messaging
   tags:
   - bodhi
   
@@ -419,8 +413,6 @@
     mode: 0644
     owner: apache
     group: apache
-  notify:
-  - restart fedora-messaging
   tags:
   - bodhi
   
@@ -431,8 +423,6 @@
     mode: 0600
     owner: apache
     group: apache
-  notify:
-  - restart fedora-messaging
   tags:
   - bodhi