diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
index 24a90876b4..19bd80fe0c 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@ jobs:
     voting: false
   - name: gate-tempest-dsvm-ceilometer-mongodb-full
     voting: false
+  # Temporary until mongodb is restored to EPEL (in progress)
+  - name: gate-ceilometer-python26
+    voting: false
 
 # The project list is grouped by type of project, and within each
 # group, projects are sorted (mostly) alphabetically.