diff --git a/modoboa/core/commands/templates/settings.py.tpl b/modoboa/core/commands/templates/settings.py.tpl
index 988c49254..ae49bbe42 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/commands/templates/settings.py.tpl
+++ b/modoboa/core/commands/templates/settings.py.tpl
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS = [
     "security.W019",  # modoboa uses iframes to display e-mails
 ]
 
-DISABLE_RSS = False
+DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES = False
 
 # Load settings from extensions
 {% for extension in extra_settings %}
diff --git a/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py b/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py
index f4cb7cbc5..bed51b1a5 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/tests/test_views.py
@@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ class DashboardTestCase(ModoTestCase):
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertNotContains(response, "Features looking for sponsoring")
 
-    @override_settings(DISABLE_RSS=False)
-    def test_enable_rss(self):
-        """Load dashboard with DISABLE_RSS = False"""
+    @override_settings(DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES=False)
+    def test_enable_dashboard_external_queries(self):
+        """Load dashboard with DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES = False"""
         url = reverse("core:dashboard")
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertContains(response, 'href="https://modoboa.org/en/weblog/')
 
-    @override_settings(DISABLE_RSS=True)
-    def test_disable_rss(self):
-        """Load dashboard with DISABLE_RSS = True"""
+    @override_settings(DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES=True)
+    def test_disable_dashboard_external_queries(self):
+        """Load dashboard with DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES = True"""
         url = reverse("core:dashboard")
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'https://modoboa.org/en/weblog/')
diff --git a/modoboa/core/views/dashboard.py b/modoboa/core/views/dashboard.py
index 4debb0609..5443e9f90 100644
--- a/modoboa/core/views/dashboard.py
+++ b/modoboa/core/views/dashboard.py
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ class DashboardView(auth_mixins.AccessMixin, generic.TemplateView):
                 self.request.localconfig.parameters.get_value("rss_feed_url"))
             if custom_feed_url:
                 feed_url = custom_feed_url
-        if not settings.DISABLE_RSS:
-            posts = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
         entries = []
-        if not settings.DISABLE_RSS:
+        if not settings.DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES:
+            posts = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
             for entry in posts["entries"][:5]:
                 entry["published"] = parser.parse(entry["published"])
                 entries.append(entry)
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ class DashboardView(auth_mixins.AccessMixin, generic.TemplateView):
             url = "{}{}/api/projects/?featured=true".format(
                 MODOBOA_WEBSITE_URL, lang)
             features = []
-            if not settings.DISABLE_RSS:
+            if not settings.DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES:
                 try:
                     response = requests.get(url)
                 except RequestException:
diff --git a/test_project/test_project/settings.py b/test_project/test_project/settings.py
index d11adf671..89670d2b2 100644
--- a/test_project/test_project/settings.py
+++ b/test_project/test_project/settings.py
@@ -292,5 +292,5 @@ SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS = [
     "security.W019",  # modoboa uses iframes to display e-mails
 ]
 
-DISABLE_RSS = False
+DISABLE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_QUERIES = False
 # Load settings from extensions