diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/copr-db-stg.aws.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/copr-db-stg.aws.fedoraproject.org
index 643fbbfd79..bf04a73168 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/copr-db-stg.aws.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/copr-db-stg.aws.fedoraproject.org
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ description: copr database - staging instance
 hostbase: copr-db-stg-
 inventory_hostname: "copr-db-stg.aws.fedoraproject.org"
 inventory_instance_name: copr-db-stg
-# This instance is WIP and we don't want nagios alerts yet
+
+# This instance is stopped for now (not enough time to finish)
+nagios_Can_Connect: false
 # nagios_Check_Services:
 #   dhcpd: false
 #   httpd: false
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/copr-pulp.aws.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/copr-pulp.aws.fedoraproject.org
index f164c6e569..68b99c170b 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/copr-pulp.aws.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/copr-pulp.aws.fedoraproject.org
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 hostbase: copr-pulp-
-# This instance is WIP and we don't want nagios alerts yet
+# This instance is not yet started
+nagios_Can_Connect: false
 # nagios_Check_Services:
 #   dhcpd: false
 #   httpd: true