diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 2a84888545..b0ad4c3cc0 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     nagios: action=unsilence service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     ignore_errors: true
-    when: not "true" in nonagios
+    when: nonagios is not defined or not "true" in nonagios
 
 # Call out to that dns playbook.  Put proxies back in now that they're back
 - include: update-proxy-dns.yml status=enable proxies=myvms_new:&proxies
diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_update.yml b/playbooks/vhost_update.yml
index bdaad5a345..942732c722 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_update.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_update.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
     with_items: vmlist.list_vms
 
 # Call out to another playbook.  Disable any proxies that may live here
-- include: update-proxy-dns.yml status=disable proxies=myvms_new:&proxies
-  when: nodns is not defined or not "true" in nodns
+#- include: update-proxy-dns.yml status=disable proxies=myvms_new:&proxies
 
 - name: update the system
   hosts: "{{ target }}:myvms_new"