diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index eca3a57183..b30c61ab2d 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ nrpe_check_postfix_queue_crit: 5
 
 # env is staging or production, we default it to production here.
 env: production
-env_prefix:
-env_suffix:
+env_prefix: ""
+env_suffix: ""
 env_short: prod
 
 # nfs mount options, override at the group/host level