diff --git a/checkmk/checkmk-files/mk_apt b/checkmk/checkmk-files/mk_apt
index bbe561e7a40b27688e05eda293e84a16dddf22ba..ca517f3020ff604efd9dec3dbaf5b14c742f6f02 100644
--- a/checkmk/checkmk-files/mk_apt
+++ b/checkmk/checkmk-files/mk_apt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CMK_VERSION="2.0.0p12"
 
 # This variable can either be "upgrade" or "dist-upgrade"
 UPGRADE=dist-upgrade
-DO_UPDATE=yes
+DO_UPDATE=no
 
 
 function check_apt_update {