diff --git a/playbooks/vars/global.yaml b/playbooks/vars/global.yaml
index 2b464d3a..9f64fced 100644
--- a/playbooks/vars/global.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/vars/global.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ os_host: "{{ microshift_host }}"
 remote_os_host: true
 src_dir: "/tmp/sf-operator"
 zuul: { "project": { "src_dir": ".." } }
+test_monitoring: "false"
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