diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
index b6e0e14a1e..55c6b22101 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican.conf.j2
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ backlog = 4096
 max_allowed_secret_in_bytes = 10000
 max_allowed_request_size_in_bytes = 1000000
 
+db_auto_create = False
 sql_connection = mysql://{{ barbican_database_user }}:{{ barbican_database_password }}@{{ barbican_database_address }}/{{ barbican_database_name }}
 
 transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in groups['rabbitmq'] %}{{ rabbitmq_user }}:{{ rabbitmq_password }}@{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{ rabbitmq_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}