diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/beaker-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/beaker-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
index e744708fef..e87345a23e 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/beaker-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/beaker-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ eth0_nm: 255.255.255.128
 vmhost: virthost-comm04.qa.fedoraproject.org
 datacenter: phx2
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-main
-collectd_apache: false
-collectd_graphite: false
+collectd_apache: ""
+collectd_graphite: ""
 
 # it'd be nice to have this done automagically but I don't know of a reasonable easy way to do that
 beaker_virthost_signatures:
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org
index 8c3bfe556f..61196d23b2 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/beaker01.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ eth0_ip: 10.5.124.228
 eth0_nm: 255.255.255.128
 vmhost: virthost-comm03.qa.fedoraproject.org
 datacenter: phx2
-collectd_apache: false
-collectd_graphite: false
+collectd_apache: ""
+collectd_graphite: ""
 
 # it'd be nice to have this done automagically but I don't know of a reasonable easy way to do that
 beaker_virthost_signatures: