diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.fedoraproject.org b/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.fedoraproject.org
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf8929435..0000000000
--- a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.fedoraproject.org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-User-agent: *
-Disallow: /wikiold
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd/website/tasks/main.yml
index d0f88c8111..399392ea94 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   - httpd/website
 
 - name: And lastly, the robots.txt file
-  copy: >
+  template: >
     src={{item}}
     dest=/srv/web/robots.txt.{{site_name}}
     mode=0644
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt
rename to roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.admin.fedoraproject.org b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.admin.fedoraproject.org
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.admin.fedoraproject.org
rename to roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.admin.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.apps.fedoraproject.org b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.apps.fedoraproject.org
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.apps.fedoraproject.org
rename to roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.apps.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.fedoraproject.org b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01aa679090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+User-agent: *
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+Disallow: /
+{% endif %}
+Disallow: /wikiold
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.greenwave.fedoraproject.org b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.greenwave.fedoraproject.org
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.greenwave.fedoraproject.org
rename to roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.greenwave.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.lockbox01 b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.lockbox01
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.lockbox01
rename to roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.lockbox01
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.paste.fedoraproject.org b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.paste.fedoraproject.org
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.paste.fedoraproject.org
rename to roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.paste.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.translate.fedoraproject.org b/roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.translate.fedoraproject.org
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/httpd/website/files/robots/robots.txt.translate.fedoraproject.org
rename to roles/httpd/website/templates/robots/robots.txt.translate.fedoraproject.org