diff --git a/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml
index 7775114329..eaafe3e210 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 
   roles:
   - fedmsg/hub
-  - { role: redis, when: env == "staging" }
-  - { role: rabbitmq, when: env == "staging" }
-  - { role: memcached, when: env == "staging" }
+  - redis
+  - rabbitmq
+  - memcached
   - notifs/backend
   - role: collectd/fedmsg-service
     process: fedmsg-hub
diff --git a/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 19ad05a838..1675fb54d6 100644
--- a/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/notifs/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 
 - name: start the workers and the backend
   service: name={{item}} enabled=yes state=running
-  when: env == "staging"
   with_items:
   - fmn-backend@1
   - fmn-worker@1