diff --git a/core/docs/changelog/ZO-4751.change b/core/docs/changelog/ZO-4751.change
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a12d14516f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/docs/changelog/ZO-4751.change
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ZO-4751: Deactivate publishing to facebooknewstab
diff --git a/core/src/zeit/workflow/publish_3rdparty.py b/core/src/zeit/workflow/publish_3rdparty.py
index 3c01987893..027bca6ad4 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/workflow/publish_3rdparty.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/workflow/publish_3rdparty.py
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ class FacebookNewstab(grok.Adapter):
 
     def publish_json(self):
         config = zope.app.appsetup.product.getProductConfiguration('zeit.workflow') or {}
+        if not config.get('facebooknewstab-enabled'):  # XXX
+            return None
         ignore_ressorts = {
             x.strip().lower() for x in config.get('facebooknewstab-ignore-ressorts', '').split(',')
         }
diff --git a/core/src/zeit/workflow/testing.py b/core/src/zeit/workflow/testing.py
index 2a7f79a79e..2421adf522 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/workflow/testing.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/workflow/testing.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     blacklist /blacklist
     publisher-base-url http://localhost:8060/test/
     facebooknewstab-startdate 2021-03-24
+    facebooknewstab-enabled true
     speechbert-ignore-genres datenvisualisierung video quiz
     speechbert-ignore-templates zon-liveblog
 </product-config>