diff --git a/lms/envs/devstack.py b/lms/envs/devstack.py
index 4960594a87..4fbde0ff60 100644
--- a/lms/envs/devstack.py
+++ b/lms/envs/devstack.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ FEATURES['LICENSING'] = True
 
 
 ########################## Courseware Search #######################
-FEATURES['ENABLE_COURSEWARE_SEARCH'] = True
+FEATURES['ENABLE_COURSEWARE_SEARCH'] = False
 SEARCH_ENGINE = "search.elastic.ElasticSearchEngine"