diff --git a/playbooks/roles/statusbot/defaults/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/statusbot/defaults/main.yaml
index 8f8ba9c4b0..4554a621e1 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/statusbot/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/statusbot/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ statusbot_wiki_successpageurl: 'https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Successes'
 statusbot_wiki_thankspageid: '37700'
 statusbot_wiki_thankspageurl: 'https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Thanks'
 statusbot_irclogs_url  : 'http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%(chan)s/%(chan)s.%(date)s.log.html'
-statusbot_twitter: True
+# NOTE(ianw) : Disabled 2023-04-16 due to account having API access removed
+statusbot_twitter: False
 
 statusbot_mastodon: True
 statusbot_mastodon_host: 'https://fosstodon.org'