diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-prod b/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-prod
index 2201a7e339..632b209010 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-prod
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-prod
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ resultsdb_fe_endpoint: '/resultsdb'
 resultsdb_db_name: resultsdb
 allowed_hosts:
     - 10.5.124
+
+# this needs to be removed once the system actually goes into production
+freezes: false
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron
index 1cb32799bc..66be207bb3 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ virt_install_command: /usr/sbin/virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ m
                   hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }}
                   ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none"
                  --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --noautoconsole
+
+# this needs to be removed once the system actually goes into production
+freezes: false
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod-clients b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod-clients
index a26b6f5ded..d2ae52dac5 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod-clients
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-prod-clients
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ buildslave_public_sshkey_file: prod-buildslave-sshkey/prod_buildslave.pub
 taskotron_admin_email: taskotron-admin-members@fedoraproject.org
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/qavirt-sudoers"
 buildmaster_pubkey: 'ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBM5J0rmopyW96QyCVq5qyRmvsMIevnnPxXRNView1/vFI0ZkmQNeG6KYp0jmXsTDzPMeD4aC1nYIzyLp6OiMjvQ='
+
+# this needs to be removed once the system actually goes into production
+freezes: false