diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting-and-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/linting-and-tests.yml
index 1030320f..0cf29768 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting-and-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting-and-tests.yml
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ jobs:
 
   mypy:
     name: "mypy"
+    # disable until we fix all the pre-existing errors (aka https://github.com/grafana/oncall/issues/2168 is marked as completed)
+    if: ${{ false }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3