diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
index c5248bfc98..f261f2f91b 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   copy: src=backend.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/mm2_backend.cron
   tags:
   - config
-  when: env != 'staging'
+  when: env != 'staging' and datacenter != 'iad2'
 
 - name: install the umdl-required script
   copy: src=umdl-required dest=/usr/local/bin/umdl-required mode=0755