diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
index 4be3fd9918..d7fe83dcf5 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/logging.py.j2
@@ -237,11 +237,13 @@ config = dict(
                 "handlers": ["console", "mailer"],
             },
         ),
+        {% if not inventory_hostname.startswith('mbs-backend') %}
         # Root handler that deals with log messages that are not handled by the
         # loggers explicitly configured in the `loggers` dict.
         root={
             "level": "{{fedmsg_loglevel}}",
             "handlers": ["console", "mailer"],
         },
+        {% endif %}
     ),
 )