diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/buildconfig.yml
index 2e5e122547..e333d1eec5 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/buildconfig.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,22 @@ items:
                 rpmdevtools \
                 fedora-messaging \
                 python3-bugzilla \
+{% if not env == 'staging' %}
                 python3-dogpile-cache \
+{% endif %}
                 python3-fedora \
+{% if not env == 'staging' %}
                 python3-fedmsg \
+{% endif %}
                 python3-koji \
+{% if not env == 'staging' %}
                 python3-pycurl \
+{% endif %}
                 python3-requests \
+{% if not env == 'staging' %}
                 python3-six \
+{% endif %}
+                python3-requests \
                 python3-pip && \
             dnf autoremove -y && \
             dnf clean all -y
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/config.toml b/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/config.toml
index 6b79d5451e..fc8c939abb 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/config.toml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/the-new-hotness/templates/config.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ topic_prefix = "org.fedoraproject.prod"
 {% endif %}
 passive_declares = true
 
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+callback = "hotness.hotness_consumer:HotnessConsumer"
+{% else %}
 callback = "hotness.consumers:BugzillaTicketFiler"
+{% endif %}
 
 # Note the double brackets below.
 # To add another binding, add another [[bindings]] section.
@@ -22,7 +26,9 @@ queue = "the-new-hotness{{ env_suffix }}"
 exchange = "amq.topic"
 routing_keys = [
   "org.release-monitoring.*.anitya.project.version.update",
+{% if not env == "staging" %}
   "org.release-monitoring.*.anitya.project.map.new",
+{% endif %}
   "org.fedoraproject.*.buildsys.task.state.change",
 ]
 
@@ -87,8 +93,10 @@ read_timeout = 15
 # The number of times the-new-hotness should retry a network request that
 # that failed for any reason (e.g. read timeout, DNS error, etc)
 requests_retries = 3
+{% if not env == "staging" %}
 # If true, publish fedmsg messages instead of fedora-messaging messages
 legacy_messaging = false
+{% endif %}
 
 [consumer_config.bugzilla]
 enabled = true
@@ -147,6 +155,7 @@ opts = {scratch = true}
 priority = 30
 target_tag = "rawhide"
 
+{% if not env == "staging" %}
 [consumer_config.anitya]
 url = "https://release-monitoring.org"
 
@@ -154,3 +163,4 @@ url = "https://release-monitoring.org"
 backend = "dogpile.cache.dbm"
 expiration_time = 300
 arguments = {filename = "/var/tmp/the-new-hotness-cache.dbm"}
+{% endif %}
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