diff --git a/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update b/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update
index afe0c95..bc00053 100755
--- a/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update
+++ b/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 ME=`basename $0`
 
 # FIXME: parametrize automaint call
-automaint -s devel-autodist -d devel -p devel-makedist
+if [ ! "$AUTOPORT_UPDATE_NO_AUTOMAINT" ]; then
+   automaint -s devel-autodist -d devel -p devel-makedist
+fi
 
 [ "$$" == "`pidof -x $ME`" -o "$$" == "`pidof -x 60-autodist-update`" ] || {
 #   echo "Warning: $ME script already running; exiting."
@@ -51,8 +53,10 @@ for i in `seq 0 ${#AUTOPORT_ARCH[*]}`; do
    REPLASTLOGFILE=$LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/$r/autodist-last.log
 
    if [ "${AUTOPORT_UPDATE[$i]}" ]; then
-      pid_check
-      distromatic -q -t $DISTROMATIC_REPOSITORY --gensrcpkglist > $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/$DISTROMATIC_REPOSITORY/srcpkglist 2>/dev/null
+      if [ ! "$AUTOPORT_UPDATE_NO_DISTROMATIC" ]; then
+         pid_check
+         distromatic -q -t $DISTROMATIC_REPOSITORY --gensrcpkglist > $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/$DISTROMATIC_REPOSITORY/srcpkglist 2>/dev/null
+      fi
 
       pid_check
       autodist-upstream-updates -q -h -u -r $DISTROMATIC_REPOSITORY -o $r \
diff --git a/etc/sysconfig/autoport b/etc/sysconfig/autoport
index cb9508a..8f43e35 100644
--- a/etc/sysconfig/autoport
+++ b/etc/sysconfig/autoport
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ local_ftp=/var/ftp/pub/openmamba/
 
 #AUTOBUILDS_STATUS_URL="http://www.openmamba.org/distribution/autobuilds.html"
 #AUTOPORT_ENABLE=1
+# Disabled by default because they would require local repository
+AUTOPORT_UPDATE_NO_AUTOMAINT=1
+AUTOPORT_UPDATE_NO_DISTROMATIC=1
 #AUTOPORT_CGI_HOST=(http://localhost/cgi-bin/autodist)
 #AUTOPORT_WEBBUILD_HOST=http://localhost/webbuild.html
 #ICECREAM_MONITOR_HOST=localhost