diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
index c880ad1b28..109e74287b 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -358,3 +358,6 @@ REPOSPANNER_REGIONS = {
                               "key": "/etc/pagure/repospanner/ansible_push.key"},
                },
 }
+
+GIT_AUTH_BACKEND = 'pagure'
+HTTP_REPO_ACCESS_GITOLITE = None