diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
index dc3aca5b7f..4c97cd903c 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/files/backend.cron
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MAILTO=root
 # update master directory list every hour
 # fedora message bus is queried before every run if there are actually changes
 # logs sent to /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl.log by default
-0 * * * * mirrormanager /usr/local/bin/umdl-required /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl-required.log
+#0 * * * * mirrormanager /usr/local/bin/umdl-required /var/log/mirrormanager/umdl-required.log
 
 # Sync netblocks list once a day
 30 0 * * * mirrormanager cd /usr/share/mirrormanager2 && /usr/bin/mm2_get_global_netblocks /var/lib/mirrormanager/global_netblocks.txt