diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 6a153ab649..3a2dac2408 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
   cron: name="bodhi-check-policies" hour="*/6" minute=0 user="apache"
         job="/usr/bin/bodhi-check-policies > /dev/null"
         cron_file=bodhi-check-policies-job
-  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend01')
+  when: (inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend01') and env == "staging") or (inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend02') and env == "production")
   tags:
   - config
   - bodhi