diff --git a/config/settings/dev.py b/config/settings/dev.py
index bef21c01b630f43d3375d1603f6b9b3f33ce37f4..69b1564716ca11f6c7abe537cfffc519da5ffd12 100644
--- a/config/settings/dev.py
+++ b/config/settings/dev.py
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ EMBB_MAIL_ADDRESS = 'gracedb@{fqdn}'.format(fqdn=SERVER_FQDN)
 debug_middleware = 'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware'
 MIDDLEWARE += [
     debug_middleware,
-    'silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware',
+    #'silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware',
     #'core.middleware.profiling.ProfileMiddleware',
 ]
 
 # Add to installed apps
 INSTALLED_APPS += [
     'debug_toolbar',
-    'silk'
+    #'silk'
 ]
 
 # Add testserver to ALLOWED_HOSTS
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index cbcc91d610aedc79fb7361b100b30ddc71016f83..40cca63bbb51ed7c00edccd6522379d37616e415 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
 # We don't require settings.DEBUG for django-silk since running unit tests
 # by default setings settings.DEBUG to False, unless you use the
 # --debug-mode flag
-if settings.DEBUG or ('silk' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS and
-   ['silk' in m for m in settings.MIDDLEWARE]):
+if ('silk' in settings.INSTALLED_APPS):
     # Add django-silk
     urlpatterns = [
         url(r'^silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk'))