diff --git a/roles/notifs/backend/templates/fmn.consumer.py b/roles/notifs/backend/templates/fmn.consumer.py
index 0d264c6ddf..53dfce89ee 100644
--- a/roles/notifs/backend/templates/fmn.consumer.py
+++ b/roles/notifs/backend/templates/fmn.consumer.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ config = {
 
     ## Backend stuff ##
     {% if env == 'staging' %}
-    "fmn.backends": ["email", "irc", "android", "desktop"],
+    "fmn.backends": ["email", "irc", "android"],
     {% else %}
     "fmn.backends": ["email", "irc"],  # android is disabled.
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py b/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py
index 78317e6818..2c54e6c721 100644
--- a/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py
+++ b/roles/notifs/frontend/templates/fmn.web.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config = {
     "datanommer.sqlalchemy.url": "postgresql://{{datanommerDBUser}}:{{datanommerDBPassword}}@db-datanommer/datanommer",
 
     {% if env == 'staging' %}
-    "fmn.backends": ["email", "irc", "android", "desktop"],
+    "fmn.backends": ["email", "irc", "android"],
     {% else %}
     "fmn.backends": ["email", "irc"],  # android is disabled.
     {% endif %}