diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend
index 54d75d23a3..cbe05a7a57 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ ks_repo: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/RHEL7-x86_64/
 
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_two_nic }}"
 
+# Do not use testing repositories on production
+testing: False
+
 # These are for fedmsg publication from the bodhi backend.
 # If you change these iptables rules, you also need to changes the endpoints
 # list in roles/fedmsg/base/templates/endpoints-bodhi.py
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2 b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2
index d0717d3a48..9240224f29 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ lvm_size: 40000
 mem_size: 16384
 num_cpus: 4
 
+# Do not use testing repositories on production
+testing: False
+
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file