diff --git a/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
index 9417e0935250b29694e045e834d6c4de48b972ff..5c703e1c3a79d34ab41f1802323feec9365009bc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kong-api/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15521,8 +15521,8 @@ kong_apis:
     - name: request-size-limiting
       config.allowed_payload_size: "{{ small_request_size_limit }}"
     - name: opa-checks
-      config.required: true
-      config.enabled: true
+      config.required: false
+      config.enabled: false
 
 - name: readPassbook
   uris: "{{ course_service_prefix }}/v1/passbook/read"