diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 206e057895a8f4b76968d2d47be5556f4922a54d..5190c3db6f65acef8190588d00710c2d42b876a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ variables:
 # no build for gdat, so don't define jobs for build phase
 
 # test jobs
-test-matlab-9.8.0:
-  extends: .test-template
-  tags:
-  - lac8-gituser
-  variables:
-    MATLABCMD: matlab980
-    TESTCASE: basic-tcv
+#test-matlab-9.8.0:
+#  extends: .test-template
+#  tags:
+#  - lac8-gituser
+#  variables:
+#    MATLABCMD: matlab980
+#    TESTCASE: basic-tcv
 
 test-matlab-9.6.0:
   extends: .test-template
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ pre-deployment-staging:
 
 # Staging tests
 
-test-staging-980:
- extends: .test-staging-template
- variables:
-  MATLABCMD: matlab980
+#test-staging-980:
+# extends: .test-staging-template
+# variables:
+#  MATLABCMD: matlab980
 
 test-staging-960:
  extends: .test-staging-template