diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 18064d5f6e457ad8271157414415fe7231f82380..51d10458d9f552b4eaf71d5621a13dd7d87589a0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -197,37 +197,37 @@ staging_trigger_unified-api_redeployment:
     - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
 
 ## production environment
-
-production_deploy:
-  extends: .deploy
-  needs: ['staging_smoketest']
-  stage: deploy_production
-  allow_failure: false
-  environment:
-    name: production
-    deployment_tier: production
-    url: https://production.events.apis.holi.social
-  variables:
-    ENVIRONMENT_ID: production
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
-
-production_smoketest:
-  extends: .smoketest
-  needs: ['production_deploy']
-  stage: deploy_production
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
-
-production_trigger_unified-api_redeployment:
-  needs: ['production_smoketest']
-  stage: deploy_production
-  trigger:
-    project: 'app/holi-unified-api'
-    branch: 'production'
-    forward:
-      yaml_variables: false
-      pipeline_variables: false
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
-  resource_group: unified-api-production
+todo gregor: enable later
+#production_deploy:
+#  extends: .deploy
+#  needs: ['staging_smoketest']
+#  stage: deploy_production
+#  allow_failure: false
+#  environment:
+#    name: production
+#    deployment_tier: production
+#    url: https://production.events.apis.holi.social
+#  variables:
+#    ENVIRONMENT_ID: production
+#  rules:
+#    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
+#
+#production_smoketest:
+#  extends: .smoketest
+#  needs: ['production_deploy']
+#  stage: deploy_production
+#  rules:
+#    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
+#
+#production_trigger_unified-api_redeployment:
+#  needs: ['production_smoketest']
+#  stage: deploy_production
+#  trigger:
+#    project: 'app/holi-unified-api'
+#    branch: 'production'
+#    forward:
+#      yaml_variables: false
+#      pipeline_variables: false
+#  rules:
+#    - !reference [.rule_templates, only_main]
+#  resource_group: unified-api-production