diff --git a/common/deployments/hub-staging.yaml b/common/deployments/hub-staging.yaml
index 7ace60bd834b9659941c7dc2fe42b107c3472e27..972ef7f2912c58446388c7bdacbe0e5e70b914bc 100644
--- a/common/deployments/hub-staging.yaml
+++ b/common/deployments/hub-staging.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,24 @@ singleuser:
           --LabApp.news_url=None \
           --NotebookNotary.db_file=':memory:' \
           "$@"
+    disable-labnews:
+      mode: 0644
+      mountPath: /opt/conda/share/jupyter/lab/settings/overrides.json
+      stringData: |-
+        {
+          "@jupyterlab/apputils-extension:notification": {
+            "fetchNews": "false"
+          },
+          "@jupyterlab/application-extension:context-menu": {
+            "contextMenu": [
+              {
+                "command": "filebrowser:share-main",
+                "selector": ".jp-DirListing-item[data-isdir]",
+                "disabled": true
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
 
 hub:
   services: