diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-avahi.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-avahi.c
index a1500567..5ded9636 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-avahi.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-avahi.c
@@ -824,9 +824,10 @@ ostree_avahi_service_build_repo_finder_result (OstreeAvahiService
       g_clear_pointer (&remote->keyring, g_free);
       remote->keyring = g_strdup (repo->keyring);
 
+      /* gpg-verify-summary is false since we use the unsigned summary file support. */
       g_key_file_set_string (remote->options, remote->group, "url", repo->uri);
       g_key_file_set_boolean (remote->options, remote->group, "gpg-verify", TRUE);
-      g_key_file_set_boolean (remote->options, remote->group, "gpg-verify-summary", TRUE);
+      g_key_file_set_boolean (remote->options, remote->group, "gpg-verify-summary", FALSE);
 
       get_checksums (finder, parent_repo, remote, supported_ref_to_checksum, &error);
       if (error != NULL)
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-mount.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-mount.c
index ffe31e99..1eb3d31d 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-mount.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-finder-mount.c
@@ -392,9 +392,10 @@ ostree_repo_finder_mount_resolve_async (OstreeRepoFinder                  *finde
           g_clear_pointer (&remote->keyring, g_free);
           remote->keyring = g_strdup (repo->keyring);
 
+          /* gpg-verify-summary is false since we use the unsigned summary file support. */
           g_key_file_set_string (remote->options, remote->group, "url", repo->uri);
           g_key_file_set_boolean (remote->options, remote->group, "gpg-verify", TRUE);
-          g_key_file_set_boolean (remote->options, remote->group, "gpg-verify-summary", TRUE);
+          g_key_file_set_boolean (remote->options, remote->group, "gpg-verify-summary", FALSE);
 
           /* Set the timestamp in the #OstreeRepoFinderResult to 0 because
            * the code in ostree_repo_pull_from_remotes_async() will be able to
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index 6298a28e..d637d5fd 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -5344,7 +5344,7 @@ ostree_repo_pull_from_remotes_async (OstreeRepo                           *self,
       g_variant_dict_insert (&local_options_dict, "flags", "i", OSTREE_REPO_PULL_FLAGS_UNTRUSTED | flags);
       g_variant_dict_insert_value (&local_options_dict, "collection-refs", g_variant_builder_end (&refs_to_pull_builder));
       g_variant_dict_insert (&local_options_dict, "gpg-verify", "b", TRUE);
-      g_variant_dict_insert (&local_options_dict, "gpg-verify-summary", "b", TRUE);
+      g_variant_dict_insert (&local_options_dict, "gpg-verify-summary", "b", FALSE);
       g_variant_dict_insert (&local_options_dict, "inherit-transaction", "b", TRUE);
       copy_option (&options_dict, &local_options_dict, "depth", G_VARIANT_TYPE ("i"));
       copy_option (&options_dict, &local_options_dict, "disable-static-deltas", G_VARIANT_TYPE ("b"));