diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-dev.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-dev.yml
index 01ce533a0b..6b526c284a 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/taskotron-dev.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/taskotron-dev.yml
@@ -63,22 +63,22 @@
 # the appropriate non-root user
 ############################################################
 
-- name: buildbot master setup
-  hosts: taskotron-dev
-  sudo: yes
-  sudo_user: "{{ master_user }}"
-  tags:
-    - buildmasterconfig
-
-  # this eventually needs to differentiate between staging and production cedrts
-  vars_files:
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  tasks:
-    - include: "{{ tasks }}/buildmaster-config.yml"
-
-  handlers:
-    - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
-
+# all the bits needed for this are not in this repo yet
+#- name: buildbot master setup
+#  hosts: taskotron-dev
+#  sudo: yes
+#  sudo_user: "{{ master_user }}"
+#  tags:
+#    - buildmasterconfig
+#
+#  # this eventually needs to differentiate between staging and production cedrts
+#  vars_files:
+#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+#   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
+#   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+#
+#  tasks:
+#    - include: "{{ tasks }}/buildmaster-config.yml"
+#
+#  handlers:
+#    - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"