diff --git a/readthedocs/settings/base.py b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
index 4d4f3161c7e..7957816a1b0 100644
--- a/readthedocs/settings/base.py
+++ b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class CommunityBaseSettings(Settings):
     SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN = 'readthedocs.org'
     SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
     SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 30 days
-    SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = True
+    SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = False
 
     @property
     def SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE(self):
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE(self):
 
     # CSRF
     CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
-    CSRF_COOKIE_AGE = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60
+    CSRF_COOKIE_AGE = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 30 days
 
     # Security & X-Frame-Options Middleware
     # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/middleware/#django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware