diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/build-artifacts.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/build-artifacts.yml
index 26028e320d9e..574709ec774a 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/build-artifacts.yml
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ steps:
     displayName: 'Tag scheduled builds'
     condition: and(eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'],'master'),eq(variables['Build.Reason'],'Schedule'))
 
-  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-    displayName: 'Use Python 2.7'
-    inputs:
-      versionSpec: '2.7'
-
-  - script: |
-      pip install wheel setuptools packaging
-    displayName: 'Prep Py2 Environment'
-
-  - task: PythonScript@0
-    displayName: 'Generate Python2 Applicable Namespace Packages'
-    inputs:
-      scriptPath: 'scripts/devops_tasks/build_packages.py'
-      arguments: '-d "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)" "*-nspkg" --service=${{parameters.ServiceDirectory}}'
+  #- task: UsePythonVersion@0
+  #  displayName: 'Use Python 2.7'
+  #  inputs:
+  #    versionSpec: '2.7'
+
+  #- script: |
+  #    pip install wheel setuptools packaging
+  #  displayName: 'Prep Py2 Environment'
+
+  #- task: PythonScript@0
+  #  displayName: 'Generate Python2 Applicable Namespace Packages'
+  #  inputs:
+  #    scriptPath: 'scripts/devops_tasks/build_packages.py'
+  #    arguments: '-d "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)" "*-nspkg" --service=${{parameters.ServiceDirectory}}'
 
   - task: UsePythonVersion@0
     displayName: 'Use Python $(PythonVersion)'