diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/master.yml b/.azure-pipelines/master.yml
index e30c73c5e924..5e8f87759d8c 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/master.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/master.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ steps:
 - script: |
     export MESSAGE_FILE=$(mktemp -t msg.XXXXXX)
     . src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-tools/repo.sh
-    commit_toolstate_change "$MESSAGE_FILE" "$BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/src/tools/publish_toolstate.py" "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" "$(git log --format=%s -n1 HEAD)" "$MESSAGE_FILE" "$TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN"
+    # FIXME(pietro): committing is disabled until we switch to Azure Pipelines
+    # as the source of truth, or until we setup a separate test repo.
+    #commit_toolstate_change "$MESSAGE_FILE" "$BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/src/tools/publish_toolstate.py" "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" "$(git log --format=%s -n1 HEAD)" "$MESSAGE_FILE" "$TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN"
   displayName: Publish toolstate  
   env:
     TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: $(TOOLSTATE_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)