diff --git a/.github/azure-steps.yml b/.github/azure-steps.yml
index 21d2654ad..df0691fd3 100644
--- a/.github/azure-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/azure-steps.yml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ steps:
     displayName: "Run GPU tests"
     condition: eq(${{ parameters.gpu }}, true)
 
-  - script: |
-      python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
-      python -c "import spacy; nlp=spacy.load('en_core_web_sm'); doc=nlp('test')"
-    displayName: 'Test download CLI'
-    condition: eq(variables['python_version'], '3.8')
+#  - script: |
+#      python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
+#      python -c "import spacy; nlp=spacy.load('en_core_web_sm'); doc=nlp('test')"
+#    displayName: 'Test download CLI'
+#    condition: eq(variables['python_version'], '3.8')