diff --git a/roles/matrix-jitsi/templates/web/env.j2 b/roles/matrix-jitsi/templates/web/env.j2
index ac15c0879..aea24328e 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-jitsi/templates/web/env.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-jitsi/templates/web/env.j2
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ENABLE_SUBDOMAINS
 ENABLE_TALK_WHILE_MUTED
 ENABLE_TCC
 ENABLE_TRANSCRIPTIONS={{ 1 if matrix_jitsi_enable_transcriptions else 0 }}
-ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET
+ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET=0
 ETHERPAD_PUBLIC_URL
 ETHERPAD_URL_BASE={{ (matrix_jitsi_etherpad_base + '/') if matrix_jitsi_etherpad_enabled else ''}}
 GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID