diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-backend-stg
index f9261713f1..d279284251 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-backend-stg
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 2048
 num_cpus: 1
 
-# We should set freezes = True for the F27 timeframe.
-freezes: false
-
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg
index 7d3c9c0bdb..ff8dfd555f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs-frontend-stg
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 2048
 num_cpus: 1
 
-# Set this to True for the F27 release and onwards.
-freezes: false
-
 # Definining these vars has a number of effects
 # 1) mod_wsgi is configured to use the vars for its own setup
 # 2) iptables opens enough ports for all threads for fedmsg