diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/authorization.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/authorization.rb
index 122aa8e8..e73b97ce 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/authorization.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/authorization.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class Travis::Api::App
       #
       # * **github_token**: GitHub token for checking authorization (required)
       post '/github' do
+        halt 503, "Endpoint temporarily disabled" unless settings.test?
         unless params[:github_token]
           halt 422, { "error" => "Must pass 'github_token' parameter" }
         end