diff --git a/openmaptiles.yaml b/openmaptiles.yaml
index a20a27c4..81a57ed2 100644
--- a/openmaptiles.yaml
+++ b/openmaptiles.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ tileset:
     - layers/highway/highway.yaml
     - layers/highway_name/highway_name.yaml
     - layers/building/building.yaml
-    - layers/housenumber/housenumber.yaml
+    # housenumbers are quite heavy on the tile size (up to +30KB)
+    #- layers/housenumber/housenumber.yaml
     - layers/place/place.yaml
     - layers/railway/railway.yaml
     - layers/water/water.yaml