diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4f007189..5c0e9129 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ jobs:
 
       # TODO: add clang-format and maybe cpplint.
 
-      - name: Package
-        run: cargo package -vv --locked
+      # TODO(ry) It would be ideal to check that "cargo package" also runs and
+      # that the resulting package is less than 10 MB. However it seems to
+      # result in a complete V8 rebuild. For now just be careful not to manually
+      # check that "cargo package" is working when updating the build.
+      # - name: Package
+      #   run: cargo package -vv --locked
 
       - name: Publish
         if: >