diff --git a/basice2e/permissioning.yaml b/basice2e/permissioning.yaml
index dfd2a2878a4fe1fff64a376727c9d621d7c4b070..af0e25d95299e93f9aabe935b15da8084651d8bd 100644
--- a/basice2e/permissioning.yaml
+++ b/basice2e/permissioning.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ minClientVersion: "2.0.0"
 nodeMetricInterval: 3
 
 disableGatewayPing: true
+disableNodePing: true
 
 # Disable pruning of NDF for offline nodes
 # if set to false, network will sleep for five minutes on start
@@ -94,4 +95,4 @@ addressSpace: 32
 disableGeoBinning: true
 
 # Public address used in NDF to give to client
-registrationAddress: "0.0.0.0:11421"
\ No newline at end of file
+registrationAddress: "0.0.0.0:11421"
diff --git a/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml b/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml
index a9d8d4aac8c712a0c746551becd33e74570fd721..10f7d2d03e4ce3ab3d84f4f6781780889e0c9607 100644
--- a/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml
+++ b/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ minClientVersion: "2.0.0"
 nodeMetricInterval: 3
 
 disableGatewayPing: true
+disableNodePing: true
 
 # Disable pruning of NDF for offline nodes
 # if set to false, network will sleep for five minutes on start
@@ -92,4 +93,4 @@ schedulingConfigPath: "registration.json"
 # placement)
 RegCodesFilePath: "regCodes.json"
 
-disableGeoBinning: true
\ No newline at end of file
+disableGeoBinning: true