diff --git a/zuul.d/standalone-jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/standalone-jobs.yaml
index 0e9a32201..068bd2cc8 100644
--- a/zuul.d/standalone-jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/standalone-jobs.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       environment_type: standalone
       featureset: '052'
       featureset_override:
-        validate_services: true
+        validate_services: false
     irrelevant-files:
       - ^.*\.md$
       - ^.*\.rst$