diff --git a/roles/koschei/templates/config.cfg.j2 b/roles/koschei/templates/config.cfg.j2
index 611b7f62a1..d8396ec77c 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/templates/config.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/koschei/templates/config.cfg.j2
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ config = {
         "cache_l1_threads": 3,
         "cache_l2_threads": 1,
         "cache_threads_max": 4,
-        {% if False %}
-        {# hawkey on el7 doesn't support ignore_weak_deps and Koji is not ignoring them either #}
+        {% if env == 'staging' %}
         "ignore_weak_deps": True,
         {% endif %}
     },