diff --git a/zproject/default_settings.py b/zproject/default_settings.py
index f897a32cc1..4d9704545b 100644
--- a/zproject/default_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/default_settings.py
@@ -396,3 +396,6 @@ AUTO_CATCH_UP_SOFT_DEACTIVATED_USERS = True
 
 # Enables Google Analytics on selected portico pages.
 GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID: Optional[str] = None
+
+# This is overridden by dev_settings.py for droplets.
+IS_DEV_DROPLET = False
diff --git a/zproject/settings.py b/zproject/settings.py
index f875d0467f..78ecaa10d7 100644
--- a/zproject/settings.py
+++ b/zproject/settings.py
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ CASPER_TESTS = False
 RUNNING_OPENAPI_CURL_TEST = False
 # This is overridden in test_settings.py for the test suites
 GENERATE_STRIPE_FIXTURES = False
-# This is overridden by dev_settings.py for droplets.
-IS_DEV_DROPLET = False
 
 # Google Compute Engine has an /etc/boto.cfg that is "nicely
 # configured" to work with GCE's storage service.  However, their