diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index 244e65eb8c..7094f8d0df 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@
 - name: create log directory for phabricator
   file: path=/var/log/phabricator state=directory owner={{ phabricator_daemon_user }} group=apache mode=1775
 
-- name: generate phabricator environment
-  template: src=ENVIRONMENT.j2 dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/conf/local/ENVIRONMENT owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
+# disabling phabricator env
+#- name: generate phabricator environment
+#  template: src=ENVIRONMENT.j2 dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/conf/local/ENVIRONMENT owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
 
 - name: copy phabricator configuration settings
   template: src=local.json.j2 dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/conf/local/local.json owner=apache group=apache mode=0644