diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a41d86fcaf6..9eac37df74b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ review-deploy:
 
 review-qa-smoke:
   <<: *review-qa-base
-  retry: 2
+  # retry: 2
   script:
     - gitlab-qa Test::Instance::Smoke "${QA_IMAGE}" "${CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL}"
   allow_failure: true