diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
index d1807900e6..7e46835ff8 100644
--- a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
   - mbs
   - mbs/common
 
+- name: kill development config
+  file: path=/etc/fedmsg.d/module_build_service.py state=absent
+  notify:
+  - restart apache
+  - restart fedmsg-hub
+  tags:
+  - mbs
+  - mbs/common
+
 - name: copy app configuration
   template: >
     src=config.py dest=/etc/module-build-service/config.py