diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cf3a2d531e6a10ddd7b614b1e410b9a00516ba48..1176e78e59e62f2b30f03e75aa039843c141dbce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ production-deploy:
       ssh-add "${SSH_PRIV_KEY}"
       mkdir ~/.ssh
       chmod 700 ~/.ssh
-    - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$prod_floating_ip sudo systemctl stop mariadb
+#    - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$prod_floating_ip sudo systemctl stop mariadb
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$prod_floating_ip sudo umount /var/lib/mysql && df -h
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$prod_floating_ip sudo umount /data/xdmod/queues && df -h
     - openstack server remove volume $prod_instance_id $prod_volume
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ production-deploy:
     - echo "Detaching staging_volume_id=${staging_volume} and staging_queue_volume_id=${staging_queue_volume} from staging_instance_id=${instance_id}"
 
     # Stopping MariaDB Service on Staging Instance
-    - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$staging_floating_ip sudo systemctl stop mariadb
+  #  - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$staging_floating_ip sudo systemctl stop mariadb
 
     # Unmounting MySQL Data Directories
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$staging_floating_ip sudo umount /var/lib/mysql && df -h