diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 69e7e2b696873d127815ce732cce253cf2b29cfc..061455f64fa3fde5b3e88a3b777436f0a7256802 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import yaml
 
 from config import Config
 from constants import APP_LOG_TAG, TEMPLATE_PREFIX
-from helper import collect_snippets
+from helper import collect_snippets, check_true
 
 
 class ConfigBuilder:
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class ConfigBuilder:
                 self.load_template(job)
                 template = self.substitute_template_field(job, service)
                 # store generated prometheus job config
-                job['output_yaml'] = yaml.safe_load(template)
+                if 'ignore' in job and check_true(job['ignore']):
+                    job['output_yaml'] = None
+                else:
+                    job['output_yaml'] = yaml.safe_load(template)
 
     def load_template(self, job):
         """Substitute 'template' field with its content"""
diff --git a/generator.py b/generator.py
index 2cf67bcecb96bd1a5d82d899af5605829f7c2462..873e12e9a5c5bc46a5adacde122f9836078034bc 100644
--- a/generator.py
+++ b/generator.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class Generator:
         data = []
         for service in self.config.service_definitions:
             for job in service['scraping']:
-                data.append(job['output_yaml'])
+                if job['output_yaml'] is not None:
+                    data.append(job['output_yaml'])
         output['scrape_configs'] = yaml.dump(
             {'scrape_configs': data},
             explicit_start=False,
diff --git a/helper.py b/helper.py
index 35f2e164f24da99e8e41fbc40d59dbd29f1a2246..48c3064feb007488f8c05e76ffdf57276ae849aa 100644
--- a/helper.py
+++ b/helper.py
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ def is_snippet_file(file_identifier: str) -> bool:
     return file_identifier.startswith(SNIPPET_PREFIX)
 
 
+def check_true(s: str) -> bool:
+    """Hmm, is it a true-ish string"""
+    return s.lower() in [
+        'true', '1', 't', 'y', 'yes', 'yeah', 'yup', 'certainly', 'uh-huh',
+        'i', 'igen', 'aha', 'ja', 'jaja', 'nosza', 'mibajlehet', 'miért ne',  # Hungarian extension
+        'temp', 'temporary', 'ideiglenesen'  # other extension
+    ]
+
+
 def collect_snippets(templates):
     """Get snippets from templates"""
     snippets = {}