diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0c32d837e..740c97a7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ jobs:
           # supported by GitHub Actions any longer, we'd need to run it in
           # Docker container if we really need it.
           # backend: db2
-          - backend: empty
-            name: Examples
-            build_examples: true
+          #- backend: empty
+          #  name: Examples
+          #  build_examples: true
 
     env:
       SOCI_CI: true