diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
index 705f129d3c..0d7c6a537c 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ mariadb_password: '{{ qa_stg_mariadb_password }}'
 
 # phabricator config
 phabricator_db_prefix: 'phabricator'
-enable_phabricator_git: True
+# something changed in how the sshd daemons are set up, since this isn't critical, disabling for now
+enable_phabricator_git: False
 phabricator_vcs_user: git
 phabricator_vcs_user_password: '{{ qa_stg_vcs_user_password }}'
 phabricator_daemon_user: phabdaemon