diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6d28b2a34..b06c2aaea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           brew update
 
-          brew install python@2
+          #brew install python@2
 
           # the 3 in pygobject3 signifies gtk3, not python3
           brew install pygobject3 --with-python@2 gtk+3