diff --git a/jeepyb/cmd/create_hound_config.py b/jeepyb/cmd/create_hound_config.py
index 0cb529f..9739e44 100644
--- a/jeepyb/cmd/create_hound_config.py
+++ b/jeepyb/cmd/create_hound_config.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 
 def main():
     registry = u.ProjectsRegistry(PROJECTS_YAML)
-    projects = [entry['project'] for entry in registry.configs_list]
+    projects = [entry['project'] for entry in registry.configs_list
+                if not entry.get('acl-config', '').endswith('retired.config')]
     repos = {}
     for project in projects:
         # Ignore attic and stackforge, those are repos that are not