diff --git a/master.yml b/master.yml
index b4affc22d0..4b321180a7 100644
--- a/master.yml
+++ b/master.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@
 - include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/taskotron-client-hosts.yml
 - include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/taskotron-prod.yml
 - include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/taskotron-dev.yml
-- include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg.yml
+# we're poking around with taskotron-stg right now and a full playbook run would disrupt the testing
+# 2017-03-03 tflink
+#- include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/taskotron-stg.yml
 - include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/torrent.yml
 - include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/twisted-buildbots.yml
 - include: /srv/web/infra/ansible/playbooks/groups/unbound.yml