diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f52f8da3be9cc5a3d2c06a8da785d8e1197445c2..51bb3fc8dd054418b0aa4f53e9834b78dfe4cf99 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ workflows:
                 - "influxdb/1.10/meta"
                 - "influxdb/1.11/data"
                 - "influxdb/1.11/meta"
-                - "influxdb/1.12/data"
-                - "influxdb/1.12/meta"
+                #- "influxdb/1.12/data"
+                #- "influxdb/1.12/meta"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/circle-test.sh b/circle-test.sh
index 878a4d2cfa279999224c7fc8ef3c50b11bd04f32..218f935061c4d37534a812df8085b0ffd4364ba2 100755
--- a/circle-test.sh
+++ b/circle-test.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ tags=()
 # a leading ./ and multiple slashes into a single slash.
 dockerfiles=$(find "$dir" -name Dockerfile -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} dirname {} | grep -v dockerlib | sed 's@^./@@' | sed 's@//*@/@g')
 for path in $dockerfiles; do
+  # TODO(bnpfeife): remove this when v1.12.0 is restored!
+  if [[ "${path}" =~ influxdb[/]1[.]12 ]] ; then
+    continue
+  fi
+
   # Generate a tag by replacing the first slash with a colon and all remaining slashes with a dash.
   tag=$(echo $path | sed 's@/@:@' | sed 's@/@-@g')
   log_msg "Building docker image $tag (from $path)"