diff --git a/svc/fullhistory.js b/svc/fullhistory.js
index 312034a51..d5707ac4a 100644
--- a/svc/fullhistory.js
+++ b/svc/fullhistory.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function processFullHistory(job, cb)
                         type: "api",
                         cassandra: cassandra,
                         skipAbilityUpgrades: true,
+                        skipParse: true,
                     }, cb);
                 });
             }, function(err)
diff --git a/tasks/getMatchesSeq.js b/tasks/getMatchesSeq.js
index ebd445e36..331c5bb1c 100644
--- a/tasks/getMatchesSeq.js
+++ b/tasks/getMatchesSeq.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ function getPage(match_seq_num, bucket)
                 {
                     skipCounts: true,
                     skipAbilityUpgrades: true,
+                    skipParse: true,
                     cassandra: cassandra,
                 }, cb);
             }, function(err)
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 73af32d1d..e6e4cebd7 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ before(function(done)
             {
                 queries.insertMatch(db, redis, m,
                 {
-                    type: "api"
+                    type: "api",
+                    skipParse: true,
                 }, cb);
             }, cb);
         },