diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-redis/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-redis/recipes/default.rb
index 8c6dd06..53587c8 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-redis/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-redis/recipes/default.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@
 node.override['redis']['unixsocket'] = ''
 include_recipe 'redis::server'
 
-node.override["backup"]["redis"]["databases"] = ["dump"]
-include_recipe "backup"
+unless node.chef_environment == "development"
+  # Backup the database to S3
+  node.override["backup"]["redis"]["databases"] = ["dump"]
+  include_recipe "backup"
+end