diff --git a/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml b/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml
index 92b3d4c4c2..317e2cb630 100644
--- a/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ vhost: /pubsub
 default_exchange: amq.topic
 routing_keys:
   - "#"
-message_ttl: forever
+message_ttl: null
 thresholds: false
 nagios_server: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org