diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 87f123b1b..b5a9b1747 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -138,18 +138,19 @@ steps:
       - apt install --no-install-recommends --yes git
       - git fetch --tags
 
-  - name: cargo test
-    image: rust:1.56-slim
-    environment:
-      LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432/lemmy
-      LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION: ../../config/config.hjson
-      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-      RUST_TEST_THREADS: 1
-    commands:
-      - apt-get update
-      - apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends postgresql-client libssl-dev pkg-config libpq-dev
-      - cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast
-      - cargo build
+  # TODO temporarily disable arm tests
+  # - name: cargo test
+  #   image: rust:1.56-slim
+  #   environment:
+  #     LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432/lemmy
+  #     LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION: ../../config/config.hjson
+  #     RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+  #     RUST_TEST_THREADS: 1
+  #   commands:
+  #     - apt-get update
+  #     - apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends postgresql-client libssl-dev pkg-config libpq-dev
+  #     - cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast
+  #     - cargo build
 
   # Using Debian here because there seems to be no official Alpine-based Rust docker image for ARM.
   - name: cargo build
@@ -160,19 +161,20 @@ steps:
       - cargo build
       - mv target/debug/lemmy_server target/lemmy_server
 
-  - name: run federation tests
-    image: node:16-slim
-    environment:
-      LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432
-      DO_WRITE_HOSTS_FILE: 1
-    commands:
-      - mkdir -p /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man7
-      - apt-get update
-      - apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends bash curl libssl-dev pkg-config libpq-dev postgresql-client libc6-dev
-      - bash api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
-      - cd api_tests/
-      - yarn
-      - yarn api-test
+  # TODO temporarily disable arm tests
+  # - name: run federation tests
+  #   image: node:16-slim
+  #   environment:
+  #     LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432
+  #     DO_WRITE_HOSTS_FILE: 1
+  #   commands:
+  #     - mkdir -p /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man7
+  #     - apt-get update
+  #     - apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends bash curl libssl-dev pkg-config libpq-dev postgresql-client libc6-dev
+  #     - bash api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+  #     - cd api_tests/
+  #     - yarn
+  #     - yarn api-test
 
   - name: publish release docker image
     image: plugins/docker
@@ -206,9 +208,10 @@ steps:
       ref:
         - refs/tags/*
 
-services:
-  - name: database
-    image: postgres:12-alpine
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: lemmy
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+# TODO temporarily disable arm tests
+# services:
+#   - name: database
+#     image: postgres:12-alpine
+#     environment:
+#       POSTGRES_USER: lemmy
+#       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password