diff --git a/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf b/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf
index 8496fb6f3..c68777da6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf
+++ b/ansible/roles/mongo/templates/mongo.conf
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ net:
 processManagement:
   timeZoneInfo: /usr/share/zoneinfo
 
-security:
-  keyFile: /srv/newsblur/config/mongodb_keyfile.key
-  authorization: enabled
-  transitionToAuth: true
+# security:
+#   keyFile: /srv/newsblur/config/mongodb_keyfile.key
+#   authorization: enabled
+#   transitionToAuth: true
 
 operationProfiling:
   mode: slowOp