diff --git a/gitlab/deploy.sh b/gitlab/deploy.sh
index 34b1ca2372e35333c200e5188de5c57fd133f73c..21e19b8c5418ec3b92e4318640b042f0ee31f42b 100755
--- a/gitlab/deploy.sh
+++ b/gitlab/deploy.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
 lock_pypirc
 
-setup_deploy register --repository staging
-setup_deploy check sdist --formats zip upload --repository staging
+#setup_deploy register --repository staging
+#setup_deploy check sdist --formats zip upload --repository staging
 
 # if that worked, uploads source package to the production index
 log_info "Uploading package to ${PYPISERVER} on behalf of ${PYPIUSER}..."