diff --git a/openSUSE-ftp-ftp-x86_64.kiwi b/openSUSE-ftp-ftp-x86_64.kiwi
index 8529bf82..970fd321 100644
--- a/openSUSE-ftp-ftp-x86_64.kiwi
+++ b/openSUSE-ftp-ftp-x86_64.kiwi
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
       <productinfo name="REPOID">obsproduct://build.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Factory/openSUSE/20230730/x86_64</productinfo>
       <productinfo name="VENDOR">openSUSE</productinfo>
       <productoption name="DEBUGMEDIUM">2</productoption>
+      <productoption name="DOWNLOAD_MIRROR_POLICY">false</productoption>
       <productoption name="INI_DIR">/usr/share/kiwi/modules/plugins/tumbleweed</productoption>
       <productoption name="PLUGIN_DIR">/usr/share/kiwi/modules/plugins/tumbleweed</productoption>
       <productoption name="REPO_LOCATION">http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/</productoption>
diff --git a/openSUSE.product b/openSUSE.product
index 7a99c143..59792130 100644
--- a/openSUSE.product
+++ b/openSUSE.product
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   <mediasets>
     <!-- BEWARE: do not touch the naming here without adapting ftp upload scripts ! -->
     <media type="ftp" flavor="ftp" sourcemedia="3" debugmedia="2" mediastyle="tumbleweed"
-           create_pattern="false" repo_only="true" run_make_listings="true"
+           create_pattern="false" repo_only="true" run_make_listings="true" download_mirror_policy="false"
            use_required="true" use_recommended="true" use_suggested="false" use_undecided="true">
 
       <archsets>