diff --git a/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/development.tfvars b/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/development.tfvars
index f97f3e8f9..5d4c93760 100644
--- a/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/development.tfvars
+++ b/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/development.tfvars
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ features = {
   private_service_connection_is_manual = false
   public_network_access_enabled        = false
   frontdoor_endpoint_enabled           = true
-  alerts_enabled                       = true
+  alerts_enabled                       = false
 }
 
 # these will be merged with compliance tags in locals.tf
diff --git a/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/sandbox.tfvars b/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/sandbox.tfvars
index 39ce0b6d7..33c4c3d06 100644
--- a/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/sandbox.tfvars
+++ b/infrastructure/tf-core/environments/sandbox.tfvars
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ features = {
   private_service_connection_is_manual = false
   public_network_access_enabled        = false
   frontdoor_endpoint_enabled           = false
-  alerts_enabled                       = true
+  alerts_enabled                       = false
 }
 
 # these will be merged with compliance tags in locals.tf