diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml b/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml
index 1a86f6b821..ccf34dfcfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml
@@ -254,25 +254,25 @@ jobs:
       test_dirs: ${{env.test_dirs}}
       cibw_build: ${{env.CIBW_BUILD}}
 
-  proxy_test:
-    if: |
-      always() &&
-      !failure() &&
-      !cancelled() &&
-      inputs.job_type == 'build-python-wheels'
-    needs: [compile]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/run_proxy_tests.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # Declaring the dummy fields here to aid the Github Actions linting in VSCode and to provide documentation
-        os: [0] # Decouples the steps from any distro version changes
-        include:
-          - ${{fromJSON(inputs.matrix)[0]}} # The items after 0 are for tests only
-    with:
-      python3: ${{inputs.python3}}
-      wheel: wheel-${{needs.compile.outputs.cibw_build}}
-      os: ${{matrix.os}}
+  # proxy_test:
+  #   if: |
+  #     always() &&
+  #     !failure() &&
+  #     !cancelled() &&
+  #     inputs.job_type == 'build-python-wheels'
+  #   needs: [compile]
+  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/run_proxy_tests.yml
+  #   secrets: inherit
+  #   strategy:
+  #     matrix:
+  #       # Declaring the dummy fields here to aid the Github Actions linting in VSCode and to provide documentation
+  #       os: [0] # Decouples the steps from any distro version changes
+  #       include:
+  #         - ${{fromJSON(inputs.matrix)[0]}} # The items after 0 are for tests only
+  #   with:
+  #     python3: ${{inputs.python3}}
+  #     wheel: wheel-${{needs.compile.outputs.cibw_build}}
+  #     os: ${{matrix.os}}
 
   stop-ec2-runner:
     needs: [start_ec2_runner, compile]