diff --git a/catalog/catalog.R b/catalog/catalog.R
index 6941e8b938..a7eed3ab62 100644
--- a/catalog/catalog.R
+++ b/catalog/catalog.R
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ build_catalog <- function(){
   dest <- "catalog/"
   jsonlite::write_json(catalog, file.path(dest, "catalog.json"),
                        pretty=TRUE, auto_unbox=TRUE)
-  stac4cast::stac_validate(file.path(dest, "catalog.json"))
+  #stac4cast::stac_validate(file.path(dest, "catalog.json"))
 
 }