diff --git a/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini b/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini
index b5c957c8..f3f3f7ab 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini
+++ b/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ user_privilege_scheme = string(default="uploader,commenter,reporter")
 
 # Frequency garbage collection will run (setting to 0 or false to disable)
 # Setting units are minutes.
-garbage_collection = integer(default=60)
+## NOTE: This is temporarily disabled, but we want to set it back:
+## garbage_collection = integer(default=60)
+garbage_collection = integer(default=0)
 
 [jinja2]
 # Jinja2 supports more directives than the minimum required by mediagoblin.