diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index dc748f8482..dfa1ee42a0 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ COURSE_TITLE = "Circuits and Electronics"
 ENABLE_MULTICOURSE = False     # set to False to disable multicourse display (see lib.util.views.mitxhome)
 QUICKEDIT = False
 
+WIKI_ENABLED = False
+
 ###
 
 COURSE_DEFAULT = '6.002x_Fall_2012'
diff --git a/lms/envs/dev.py b/lms/envs/dev.py
index 3f7eba922c..ff4e853c12 100644
--- a/lms/envs/dev.py
+++ b/lms/envs/dev.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from .logsettings import get_logger_config
 DEBUG = True
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
 
+WIKI_ENABLED = True
+
 LOGGING = get_logger_config(ENV_ROOT / "log", 
                             logging_env="dev",
                             tracking_filename="tracking.log",
diff --git a/lms/envs/devplus.py b/lms/envs/devplus.py
index 31c61b36db..b15322c2c7 100644
--- a/lms/envs/devplus.py
+++ b/lms/envs/devplus.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Dir structure:
 """
 from .dev import *
 
+WIKI_ENABLED = True
+
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index bea57e8e01..9663270fb2 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
     )
     
     # Multicourse wiki
+if settings.WIKI_ENABLED:
     urlpatterns += (
         url(r'^wiki/', include('simplewiki.urls')),
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/wiki/', include('simplewiki.urls')),