diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py b/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py
index 3291628a62..db9745e6a7 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def rebuild_graph(message):
     ''' Regenerate the task graph by refreshing known tasks from Tower, purging orphaned running tasks,
     and creatingdependencies for new tasks before generating directed edge relationships between those tasks '''
     inspector = inspect()
-    if not hasattr(settings, 'UNIT_TEST_IGNORE_TASK_WAIT'):
+    if not hasattr(settings, 'IGNORE_CELERY_INSPECTOR'):
         active_task_queues = inspector.active()
     else:
         print("Ignoring celery task inspector")
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/inventory.py b/awx/main/tests/inventory.py
index ecf3fe580e..f0baecd0de 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/inventory.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/inventory.py
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ class InventoryTest(BaseTest):
 
 @override_settings(CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER=True,
                    CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS=True,
+                   IGNORE_CELERY_INSPECTOR=True
                    UNIT_TEST_IGNORE_TASK_WAIT=True,
                    PEXPECT_TIMEOUT=60)
 class InventoryUpdatesTest(BaseTransactionTest):