diff --git a/modules/alerting/main.tf b/modules/alerting/main.tf
index 8d8bf12f..fc363043 100644
--- a/modules/alerting/main.tf
+++ b/modules/alerting/main.tf
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ locals {
 }
 
 resource "google_monitoring_alert_policy" "service_failure_rate_non_eventing" {
+  count = var.squad == "" ? 1 : 0
+
   # In the absence of data, incident will auto-close after an hour
   alert_strategy {
     auto_close = "3600s"
@@ -377,6 +379,8 @@ resource "google_monitoring_alert_policy" "service_failure_rate_non_eventing" {
 }
 
 resource "google_monitoring_alert_policy" "service_failure_rate_eventing" {
+  count = var.squad == "" ? 1 : 0
+
   # In the absence of data, incident will auto-close after an hour
   alert_strategy {
     auto_close = "3600s"