diff --git a/testament/important_packages.nim b/testament/important_packages.nim
index b09bb1147f..3abaac0de1 100644
--- a/testament/important_packages.nim
+++ b/testament/important_packages.nim
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pkg "patty"
 pkg "plotly", true, "nim c --oldgensym:on examples/all.nim"
 pkg "pnm"
 pkg "polypbren"
-pkg "protobuf", true, "nim c -o:protobuff -r src/protobuf.nim"
+# pkg "protobuf", true, "nim c -o:protobuff -r src/protobuf.nim"
 pkg "rbtree"
 pkg "react", false, "nimble example"
 pkg "regex", true, "nim c src/regex"