diff --git a/azure/common/apigee-deployment.yml b/azure/common/apigee-deployment.yml
index faaaace..5b5a9c5 100644
--- a/azure/common/apigee-deployment.yml
+++ b/azure/common/apigee-deployment.yml
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ parameters:
   - name: enable_monitoring
     type: boolean
     displayName: Whether monitoring is needed
-    default: true
+    default: false
   - name: enable_status_monitoring
     type: boolean
     displayName: Temporary flag for adding a _status endpoint to service discovery
-    default: true
+    default: false
   - name: secret_file_ids
     displayName: List of additional AWS Secrets Manager multiline Secret IDs
     type: object