diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f1c87b0a76e15..5ee0ff65c2f80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ jobs:
   try:
     name: "try - ${{ matrix.name }}"
     env:
-      DIST_TRY_BUILD: 1
       CI_JOB_NAME: "${{ matrix.name }}"
       CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL: sparse
       HEAD_SHA: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}"
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
index 80e2357440432..bb5c0edc7edca 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ jobs:
     <<: *base-ci-job
     name: try - ${{ matrix.name }}
     env:
-      DIST_TRY_BUILD: 1
+      #      DIST_TRY_BUILD: 1
       <<: [*shared-ci-variables, *prod-variables]
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && (((github.ref == 'refs/heads/try' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/try-perf') && github.repository == 'rust-lang-ci/rust') || ((github.ref == 'refs/heads/automation/bors/try') && github.repository == 'rust-lang/rust'))
     strategy: