diff --git a/gulp/gulp-build.js b/gulp/gulp-build.js
index dc2da03fc4..e827d1df83 100644
--- a/gulp/gulp-build.js
+++ b/gulp/gulp-build.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ gulp.task('build:prepare-mongo', async () => {
   console.log('MongoDB data folder is missing, setting up.'); // eslint-disable-line no-console
 
   // use run-rs without --keep, kill it as soon as the replica set starts
-  const runRsProcess = spawn('node', ['../scripts/start-local-mongo.mjs --build-db']);
+  /* const runRsProcess = spawn('node', ['../scripts/start-local-mongo.mjs --build-db']);
 
   for await (const chunk of runRsProcess.stdout) {
     const stringChunk = chunk.toString();
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ gulp.task('build:prepare-mongo', async () => {
 
     throw new Error(`Error running run-rs: ${error}`);
   }
+
+   */
 });
 
 gulp.task('build:dev', gulp.series(