diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2 b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
index 33a8524d58..dfd71bc52d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ ETHERPAD_URL_BASE=https://etherpad.opendev.org
 # Advanced configuration options (you generally don't need to change these)
 #
 
-# This is used for signaling between desktop clients and the prosody server
-# instead of BOSH. The mobile clients continue to use BOSH. Supposedly this
-# should improve performance.
-ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET=1
+# Needed to make newer jitsi meet happy. Testing with this set to 1 results
+# in "You have been disconnected" client errors. Need to do more investigating
+# into how this is meant to work.
+ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET=0
 
 # Internal XMPP domain.
 XMPP_DOMAIN=localhost