diff --git a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml
index c3476e5f5..8cee34246 100644
--- a/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml
+++ b/toci-quickstart/config/testenv/multinode.yml
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@ influxdb_create_data_file: true
 run_tripleo_validations: false
 run_tripleo_validations_negative_tests: false
 run_tripleo_validations_setup: false
+
+# https://bugs.launchpad.net/tripleo/+bug/1817600
+# turn off performance monitoring.
+install_atop: false