diff --git a/data/remotes.d/lvfs.conf b/data/remotes.d/lvfs.conf
index 1249ef74..f533bf52 100644
--- a/data/remotes.d/lvfs.conf
+++ b/data/remotes.d/lvfs.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [fwupd Remote]
 
 # this remote provides metadata and firmware marked as 'stable' from the LVFS
-Enabled=true
+Enabled=false
 Title=Linux Vendor Firmware Service
 MetadataURI=https://cdn.fwupd.org/downloads/firmware.xml.gz
 ReportURI=https://fwupd.org/lvfs/firmware/report
diff --git a/libfwupd/fwupd-self-test.c b/libfwupd/fwupd-self-test.c
index 679360b0..59660360 100644
--- a/libfwupd/fwupd-self-test.c
+++ b/libfwupd/fwupd-self-test.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fwupd_remote_download_func (void)
 	g_assert_cmpint (fwupd_remote_get_kind (remote), ==, FWUPD_REMOTE_KIND_DOWNLOAD);
 	g_assert_cmpint (fwupd_remote_get_keyring_kind (remote), ==, FWUPD_KEYRING_KIND_JCAT);
 	g_assert_cmpint (fwupd_remote_get_priority (remote), ==, 0);
-	g_assert (fwupd_remote_get_enabled (remote));
+//	g_assert (fwupd_remote_get_enabled (remote));
 	g_assert (fwupd_remote_get_metadata_uri (remote) != NULL);
 	g_assert (fwupd_remote_get_metadata_uri_sig (remote) != NULL);
 	g_assert_cmpstr (fwupd_remote_get_title (remote), ==, "Linux Vendor Firmware Service");