diff --git a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 790531232f..3cce0275c2 100644
--- a/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pdc/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   cron: name="export-branches" minute="15" user="apache"
       job="/usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper export-branches 'python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pdc/manage.py exportbranches > /var/www/html/extras/active_branches.json'"
       cron_file=export-branches
+  when: env == 'staging'
   tags:
   - pdc
   - cron