diff --git a/site-cookbooks/sockethub/recipes/proxy.rb b/site-cookbooks/sockethub/recipes/proxy.rb
index 0663151..4e3e2fd 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/sockethub/recipes/proxy.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/sockethub/recipes/proxy.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 # All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
 #
 
-include_recipe "kosmos-base::letsencrypt"
-
 firewall_rule 'sockethub' do
   port     node['sockethub']['external_port'].to_i
   protocol :tcp
@@ -37,11 +35,15 @@ template "#{node['nginx']['dir']}/sites-available/sockethub" do
   notifies :reload, 'service[nginx]', :delayed
 end
 
-execute "letsencrypt cert for sockethub.kosmos.org" do
-  command "./certbot-auto certonly --webroot --agree-tos --email ops@5apps.com --webroot-path /var/www/sockethub -d sockethub.kosmos.org -n"
-  cwd "/usr/local/certbot"
-  not_if { File.exist? "/etc/letsencrypt/live/sockethub.kosmos.org/fullchain.pem" }
-  notifies :reload, "service[nginx]", :delayed
+unless node.chef_environment == "development"
+  include_recipe "kosmos-base::letsencrypt"
+
+  execute "letsencrypt cert for sockethub.kosmos.org" do
+    command "./certbot-auto certonly --webroot --agree-tos --email ops@5apps.com --webroot-path /var/www/sockethub -d sockethub.kosmos.org -n"
+    cwd "/usr/local/certbot"
+    not_if { File.exist? "/etc/letsencrypt/live/sockethub.kosmos.org/fullchain.pem" }
+    notifies :reload, "service[nginx]", :delayed
+  end
 end
 
 nginx_site 'sockethub' do