diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/upstreamfirst.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/upstreamfirst.fedorainfracloud.org
index 2dd2b3e282..99f6752b66 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/upstreamfirst.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/upstreamfirst.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ tcp_ports: [ 22, 25, 80, 443, 9418,
     # This is for the pagure public fedmsg relay
     9940]
 
+baseiptables: false
+
 external_hostname: 'upstreamfirst.fedorainfracloud.org'
 
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