diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp
index 9114bab061..27faf70ee3 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/puppetmaster.pp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class openstack_project::puppetmaster (
     puppetdb_server              => 'puppetdb.openstack.org',
     puppet_service_name          => 'apache2',
     puppetdb_soft_write_failure  => true,
+    manage_storeconfigs          => false,
   }
 
 # Playbooks