diff --git a/environments/production/public.yml b/environments/production/public.yml
index 07d2caf0a4..fc20886c7e 100644
--- a/environments/production/public.yml
+++ b/environments/production/public.yml
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ localsettings:
   REDIS_PORT: '6379'
   REMINDERS_QUEUE_ENABLED: True
   REQUIRE_TWO_FACTOR_FOR_SUPERUSERS: True
+  RUN_FORM_META_PILLOW: False  # temporarily disable form submission metadata processing due to P1 (2024-12-06)
   STALE_EXPORT_THRESHOLD: 1800  # 30 minutes
   SMS_GATEWAY_URL: 'http://gw1.promessaging.com/sms.php'
   SMS_QUEUE_ENABLED: True