diff --git a/acmeissuer.go b/acmeissuer.go
index 87fa5ff..e010f08 100644
--- a/acmeissuer.go
+++ b/acmeissuer.go
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func (am *ACMEIssuer) doIssue(ctx context.Context, csr *x509.CertificateRequest,
 	// between client and server or some sort of bookkeeping error with regards to the certID
 	// and the server is rejecting the ARI certID. In any case, an invalid certID may cause
 	// orders to fail. So try once without setting it.
-	if !usingTestCA && attempts != 2 {
+	if !am.config.DisableARI && !usingTestCA && attempts != 2 {
 		if replacing, ok := ctx.Value(ctxKeyARIReplaces).(*x509.Certificate); ok {
 			params.Replaces = replacing
 		}
diff --git a/certificates.go b/certificates.go
index a5147a2..2bdc07b 100644
--- a/certificates.go
+++ b/certificates.go
@@ -103,53 +103,54 @@ func (cfg *Config) certNeedsRenewal(leaf *x509.Certificate, ari acme.RenewalInfo
 		logger = zap.NewNop()
 	}
 
-	// first check ARI: if it says it's time to renew, it's time to renew
-	// (notice that we don't strictly require an ARI window to also exist; we presume
-	// that if a time has been selected, a window does or did exist, even if it didn't
-	// get stored/encoded for some reason - but also: this allows administrators to
-	// manually or explicitly schedule a renewal time indepedently of ARI which could
-	// be useful)
-	selectedTime := ari.SelectedTime
+	if !cfg.DisableARI {
+		// first check ARI: if it says it's time to renew, it's time to renew
+		// (notice that we don't strictly require an ARI window to also exist; we presume
+		// that if a time has been selected, a window does or did exist, even if it didn't
+		// get stored/encoded for some reason - but also: this allows administrators to
+		// manually or explicitly schedule a renewal time indepedently of ARI which could
+		// be useful)
+		selectedTime := ari.SelectedTime
 
-	// if, for some reason a random time in the window hasn't been selected yet, but an ARI
-	// window does exist, we can always improvise one... even if this is called repeatedly,
-	// a random time is a random time, whether you generate it once or more :D
-	// (code borrowed from our acme package)
-	if selectedTime.IsZero() &&
-		(!ari.SuggestedWindow.Start.IsZero() && !ari.SuggestedWindow.End.IsZero()) {
-		start, end := ari.SuggestedWindow.Start.Unix()+1, ari.SuggestedWindow.End.Unix()
-		selectedTime = time.Unix(rand.Int63n(end-start)+start, 0).UTC()
-		logger.Warn("no renewal time had been selected with ARI; chose an ephemeral one for now",
-			zap.Time("ephemeral_selected_time", selectedTime))
-	}
-
-	// if a renewal time has been selected, start with that
-	if !selectedTime.IsZero() {
-		// ARI spec recommends an algorithm that renews after the randomly-selected
-		// time OR just before it if the next waking time would be after it; this
-		// cutoff can actually be before the start of the renewal window, but the spec
-		// author says that's OK: https://github.com/aarongable/draft-acme-ari/issues/71
-		cutoff := ari.SelectedTime.Add(-cfg.certCache.options.RenewCheckInterval)
-		if time.Now().After(cutoff) {
-			logger.Info("certificate needs renewal based on ARI window",
-				zap.Time("selected_time", selectedTime),
-				zap.Time("renewal_cutoff", cutoff))
-			return true
+		// if, for some reason a random time in the window hasn't been selected yet, but an ARI
+		// window does exist, we can always improvise one... even if this is called repeatedly,
+		// a random time is a random time, whether you generate it once or more :D
+		// (code borrowed from our acme package)
+		if selectedTime.IsZero() &&
+			(!ari.SuggestedWindow.Start.IsZero() && !ari.SuggestedWindow.End.IsZero()) {
+			start, end := ari.SuggestedWindow.Start.Unix()+1, ari.SuggestedWindow.End.Unix()
+			selectedTime = time.Unix(rand.Int63n(end-start)+start, 0).UTC()
+			logger.Warn("no renewal time had been selected with ARI; chose an ephemeral one for now",
+				zap.Time("ephemeral_selected_time", selectedTime))
 		}
 
-		// according to ARI, we are not ready to renew; however, we do not rely solely on
-		// ARI calculations... what if there is a bug in our implementation, or in the
-		// server's, or the stored metadata? for redundancy, give credence to the expiration
-		// date; ignore ARI if we are past a "dangerously close" limit, to avoid any
-		// possibility of a bug in ARI compromising a site's uptime: we should always always
-		// always give heed to actual validity period
-		if currentlyInRenewalWindow(leaf.NotBefore, expiration, 1.0/20.0) {
-			logger.Warn("certificate is in emergency renewal window; superceding ARI",
-				zap.Duration("remaining", time.Until(expiration)),
-				zap.Time("renewal_cutoff", cutoff))
-			return true
-		}
+		// if a renewal time has been selected, start with that
+		if !selectedTime.IsZero() {
+			// ARI spec recommends an algorithm that renews after the randomly-selected
+			// time OR just before it if the next waking time would be after it; this
+			// cutoff can actually be before the start of the renewal window, but the spec
+			// author says that's OK: https://github.com/aarongable/draft-acme-ari/issues/71
+			cutoff := ari.SelectedTime.Add(-cfg.certCache.options.RenewCheckInterval)
+			if time.Now().After(cutoff) {
+				logger.Info("certificate needs renewal based on ARI window",
+					zap.Time("selected_time", selectedTime),
+					zap.Time("renewal_cutoff", cutoff))
+				return true
+			}
 
+			// according to ARI, we are not ready to renew; however, we do not rely solely on
+			// ARI calculations... what if there is a bug in our implementation, or in the
+			// server's, or the stored metadata? for redundancy, give credence to the expiration
+			// date; ignore ARI if we are past a "dangerously close" limit, to avoid any
+			// possibility of a bug in ARI compromising a site's uptime: we should always always
+			// always give heed to actual validity period
+			if currentlyInRenewalWindow(leaf.NotBefore, expiration, 1.0/20.0) {
+				logger.Warn("certificate is in emergency renewal window; superceding ARI",
+					zap.Duration("remaining", time.Until(expiration)),
+					zap.Time("renewal_cutoff", cutoff))
+				return true
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// the normal check, in the absence of ARI, is to determine if we're near enough (or past)
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 3752979..4910fac 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// EXPERIMENTAL: Subject to change or removal.
 	SubjectTransformer func(ctx context.Context, domain string) string
 
+	// Disables both ARI fetching and the use of ARI for renewal decisions.
+	// TEMPORARY: Will likely be removed in the future.
+	DisableARI bool
+
 	// Set a logger to enable logging. If not set,
 	// a default logger will be created.
 	Logger *zap.Logger
@@ -451,7 +455,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) manageOne(ctx context.Context, domainName string, async bool)
 
 		// ensure ARI is updated before we check whether the cert needs renewing
 		// (we ignore the second return value because we already check if needs renewing anyway)
-		if cert.ari.NeedsRefresh() {
+		if !cfg.DisableARI && cert.ari.NeedsRefresh() {
 			cert, _, err = cfg.updateARI(ctx, cert, cfg.Logger)
 			if err != nil {
 				cfg.Logger.Error("updating ARI upon managing", zap.Error(err))
@@ -888,11 +892,13 @@ func (cfg *Config) renewCert(ctx context.Context, name string, force, interactiv
 			// if we're renewing with the same ACME CA as before, have the ACME
 			// client tell the server we are replacing a certificate (but doing
 			// this on the wrong CA, or when the CA doesn't recognize the certID,
-			// can fail the order)
-			if acmeData, err := certRes.getACMEData(); err == nil && acmeData.CA != "" {
-				if acmeIss, ok := issuer.(*ACMEIssuer); ok {
-					if acmeIss.CA == acmeData.CA {
-						ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKeyARIReplaces, leaf)
+			// can fail the order) -- TODO: change this check to whether we're using the same ACME account, not CA
+			if !cfg.DisableARI {
+				if acmeData, err := certRes.getACMEData(); err == nil && acmeData.CA != "" {
+					if acmeIss, ok := issuer.(*ACMEIssuer); ok {
+						if acmeIss.CA == acmeData.CA {
+							ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKeyARIReplaces, leaf)
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1246,8 +1252,10 @@ func (cfg *Config) managedCertNeedsRenewal(certRes CertificateResource, emitLogs
 		return 0, nil, true
 	}
 	var ari acme.RenewalInfo
-	if ariPtr, err := certRes.getARI(); err == nil && ariPtr != nil {
-		ari = *ariPtr
+	if !cfg.DisableARI {
+		if ariPtr, err := certRes.getARI(); err == nil && ariPtr != nil {
+			ari = *ariPtr
+		}
 	}
 	remaining := time.Until(expiresAt(certChain[0]))
 	return remaining, certChain[0], cfg.certNeedsRenewal(certChain[0], ari, emitLogs)
diff --git a/handshake.go b/handshake.go
index fd57699..1ff0ce2 100644
--- a/handshake.go
+++ b/handshake.go
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) handshakeMaintenance(ctx context.Context, hello *tls.ClientHe
 	}
 
 	// Check ARI status
-	if cert.ari.NeedsRefresh() {
+	if !cfg.DisableARI && cert.ari.NeedsRefresh() {
 		// we ignore the second return value here because we go on to check renewal status below regardless
 		var err error
 		cert, _, err = cfg.updateARI(ctx, cert, logger)
diff --git a/maintain.go b/maintain.go
index 477289c..28ded5d 100644
--- a/maintain.go
+++ b/maintain.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (certCache *Cache) RenewManagedCertificates(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 
 		// ACME-specific: see if if ACME Renewal Info (ARI) window needs refreshing
-		if cert.ari.NeedsRefresh() {
+		if !cfg.DisableARI && cert.ari.NeedsRefresh() {
 			configs[cert.hash] = cfg
 			ariQueue = append(ariQueue, cert)
 		}