diff --git a/docs/en/userguide/index.md b/docs/en/userguide/index.md
index 6ef3d66..719cc63 100644
--- a/docs/en/userguide/index.md
+++ b/docs/en/userguide/index.md
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ and previous reviews in the same view, but cannot change anything.
 
 ## Disable for pre-prod environments
 
-The sending of emails can be disabled for pre-production environments. This may be needed if a production database is restored to a UAT environment.
+The sending of emails can be disabled. This feature may be needed for example, if a production database is restored to a UAT environment.
 
 ```
 SilverStripe\ContentReview\Tasks\ContentReviewEmails:
-  disablePreProd: true
+  send_emails: false
 ```
diff --git a/src/Tasks/ContentReviewEmails.php b/src/Tasks/ContentReviewEmails.php
index 776e65d..92c3ee5 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/ContentReviewEmails.php
+++ b/src/Tasks/ContentReviewEmails.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace SilverStripe\ContentReview\Tasks;
 
 use Page;
 use SilverStripe\ContentReview\Compatibility\ContentReviewCompatability;
-use SilverStripe\Control\Director;
 use SilverStripe\Control\Email\Email;
 use SilverStripe\Control\HTTPRequest;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\BuildTask;
@@ -22,15 +21,16 @@ use SilverStripe\View\SSViewer;
  */
 class ContentReviewEmails extends BuildTask
 {
-    private static $disablePreProd = false;
+    private static $send_emails = true;
+
     /**
      * @param HTTPRequest $request
      */
     public function run($request)
     {
-        // If the $disablePreProd static has been set to true, don't run the task
-        if (!Director::isLive() && $this->config()->get('disablePreProd')) {
-            echo 'The Content review task has been disabled for pre-prod environments';
+        // If the $send_emails static has been set to false, don't run the task
+        if (!$this->config()->get('send_emails')) {
+            echo 'The Content review task has been disabled';
             exit;
         }