diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cab9d684d09b68c540fbc44045e990855a449ec2..f326b39df7197ebba75daf8cc13b53b547cd2b38 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ deploy mongodb:
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
     script:
          
-         - kubectl apply -k $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/kustomization.yaml
+#         - kubectl apply -k $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/kustomization.yaml
 
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-deployment.yaml
          - kubectl apply -f $CI_PROJECT_DIR/conduit-db/mongo-persistent-volume.yaml