diff --git a/ci/benchmarks/.benchmarks.yml b/ci/benchmarks/.benchmarks.yml
index 6fb53fca..505d6e45 100644
--- a/ci/benchmarks/.benchmarks.yml
+++ b/ci/benchmarks/.benchmarks.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
           export $var="${!var}"
         fi
       done
-    - curl http://localhost:8000/api/tags  # validate that ollama is running
+    # - curl http://localhost:8000/api/tags  # validate that ollama is running
   variables:
     OLLAMA_API_BASE: "http://localhost:8000"
     OPENROUTER_API_BASE: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"