diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-dev b/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-dev
index 139aed8c72..d4de8037d1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/resultsdb-dev
@@ -19,20 +19,32 @@ virt_install_command: /usr/sbin/virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ m
                   ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none"
                  --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --noautoconsole
 
-resultsdb_db_host: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+# the db_host_machine bits are so that delegation continues to work, even if
+# that db is localhost relative to resultsdb
+resultsdb_db_host_machine: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+resultsdb_db_host: "{{ resultsdb_host_machine }}"
 resultsdb_db_port: 5432
 resultsdb_endpoint: 'resultsdb_api'
 resultsdb_fe_endpoint: 'resultsdb'
 resultsdb_db_name: resultsdb_dev
+resultsdb_db_user: "{{ dev_resultsdb_db_user }}"
+resultsdb_db_password: "{{ dev_resultsdb_db_password }}"
 
-execdb_db_host: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+execdb_db_host_machine: db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+execdb_db_host: "{{ execdb_db_host_machine }}"
 execdb_db_port: 5432
 execdb_endpoint: 'execdb'
 execdb_db_name: execdb_dev
+execdb_db_user: "{{ dev_execdb_db_user }}"
+execdb_db_password: "{{ dev_execdb_db_password }}"
 
 external_hostname: taskotron-dev.fedoraproject.org
 
 allowed_hosts:
     - 10.5.124
 
+# this enables extra repos during dnf install but that's broken right now, remember to re-enable
+# extra_enablerepos: 'infrastructure-testing'
+extra_enablerepos: ''
+
 freezes: false