diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend b/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend
index b81c1f81a9..2e0683550f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc
 
 freezes: false
 
+# Don't use testing repos in production
+testing: False
+
 # These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
 fedmsg_certs:
 - service: shell
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/anitya-frontend b/inventory/group_vars/anitya-frontend
index 138ae73fc5..21880af703 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/anitya-frontend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/anitya-frontend
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ custom_rules: [
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-web
 
+# Don't use testing repos in production
+testing: False
+
 freezes: false
 vpn: true
 # These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml