diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/retrace b/inventory/group_vars/retrace
index 4672b4c485..8f8e854e1d 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/retrace
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/retrace
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
+env: production
+
 primary_auth_source: ipa
 ipa_host_group: retrace
 ipa_host_group_desc: Retrace servers
@@ -22,8 +24,6 @@ custom_rules:
 nrpe_procs_warn: 1800
 nrpe_procs_crit: 2000
 
-devel: false
-
 # Since retrace is on the qa network, it needs to actively connect to our
 # inbound relay.
 fedmsg_active: True
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/retrace_stg_aws b/inventory/group_vars/retrace_stg_aws
index 5e53a6c9ba..b5c737874e 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/retrace_stg_aws
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/retrace_stg_aws
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ---
+env: staging
+
 ipa_host_group: retrace
 ipa_host_group_desc: Retrace servers
 ipa_client_shell_groups:
 - retrace
 ipa_client_sudo_groups:
 - retrace
-devel: true
 
 vpn: true
 
diff --git a/roles/abrt/faf-post/tasks/cron.yml b/roles/abrt/faf-post/tasks/cron.yml
index 2903c3ed6b..69867dceeb 100644
--- a/roles/abrt/faf-post/tasks/cron.yml
+++ b/roles/abrt/faf-post/tasks/cron.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       job: "faf archive-reports -d >> /var/log/faf/archive-reports.log 2>&1"
       special_time: daily
       state: present
-  when: not devel|bool
+  when: env != 'staging'
 
 - name: Cron job for deleting old archives
   cron:
diff --git a/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/cron.yml b/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/cron.yml
index 0613f9b4bb..f8b585797a 100644
--- a/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/cron.yml
+++ b/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/cron.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     special_time: daily
     state: present
   loop: "{{ rs_internal_fedora_vers | product(rs_internal_arch_list) | list }}"
-  when: not devel|bool
 
 - name: Remove retrace-server reposync cron jobs of removed Fedora versions
   cron:
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
     special_time: daily
     state: absent
   loop: "{{ rs_internal_fedora_vers_removed | product(rs_internal_arch_list) | list}}"
-  when: not devel|bool
 
 - name: Create retrace-server reposync cron job for CentOS 7
   cron:
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@
     job: "/usr/bin/retrace-server-reposync centos 7 x86_64 >> /var/log/retrace-server/reposync_error.log 2>&1"
     special_time: daily
     state: present
-  when: not devel|bool
 
 - name: Create retrace-server cleanup cron job
   cron:
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@
     job: "/usr/bin/retrace-server-cleanup >> /var/log/retrace-server/cleanup_error.log 2>&1"
     special_time: daily
     state: present
-  when: not devel|bool
 
 - name: Create cron job for retrace-server
   cron:
@@ -44,4 +40,3 @@
     job: "/usr/bin/podman system prune --all --force >> /var/log/retrace-server/podman_prune.log 2>&1"
     special_time: daily
     state: present
-  when: not devel|bool
diff --git a/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/main.yml b/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/main.yml
index 1b06bcbe42..3c905f5d7a 100644
--- a/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Setup retrace-server
 - import_tasks: retrace_setup.yml
 
-# Set up cron jobs for retrace-server
+# Set up production cron jobs for retrace-server
 - import_tasks: cron.yml
   tags: cron
+  when: env != 'staging'
diff --git a/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/retrace_setup.yml b/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/retrace_setup.yml
index edac160c78..c7692b12e9 100644
--- a/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/retrace_setup.yml
+++ b/roles/abrt/retrace-post/tasks/retrace_setup.yml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
   become: yes
   become_user: retrace
   tags: [rs_reposync, rs_fedora]
-  when: not devel|bool
+  when: env != 'staging'
 
 - name: reposync for centos
   shell: nohup retrace-server-reposync centos 7 x86_64 </dev/null >$(mktemp /tmp/ansible.reposync_for_centosXXXXXX.log) &
   become: yes
   become_user: retrace
   tags: [rs_reposync, rs_fedora]
-  when: not devel|bool
+  when: env != 'staging'
 
 - file:
     path: /srv/retrace/repos