diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 2543c7a99..70616459b 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Development(Config):
 class Test(Development):
     DEBUG = True
     TESTING = True
-    STATSD_ENABLED = True
+    STATSD_ENABLED = False
     WTF_CSRF_ENABLED = False
     CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'test-notifications-csv-upload'
     LOGO_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'public-logos-test'