diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index c006bb1f3e..557819957a 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
     shell: "curl https://bodhi{{env_suffix}}.fedoraproject.org/composes/"
     register: composes
 
-  - name: Fail if we found that a mash was in progress
-    fail:
-      msg: "There are composes in progress."
-    any_errors_fatal: true
-    when: "composes.stdout != '{\"composes\": []}' and env != 'staging'"
+  # - name: Fail if we found that a mash was in progress
+  #   fail:
+  #     msg: "There are composes in progress."
+  #   any_errors_fatal: true
+  #   when: "composes.stdout != '{\"composes\": []}' and env != 'staging'"
 
 - name: push packages out
   hosts: bodhi-backend:bodhi-backend-stg