diff --git a/contracts/src/bridge/IInbox.sol b/contracts/src/bridge/IInbox.sol
index 103a84507f..5dd163762f 100644
--- a/contracts/src/bridge/IInbox.sol
+++ b/contracts/src/bridge/IInbox.sol
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ interface IInbox is IDelayedMessageProvider {
         bytes calldata data
     ) external payable returns (uint256);
 
+    /// @notice TEMPORARILY DISABLED as exact mechanics are being worked out
     /// @dev Gas limit and maxFeePerGas should not be set to 1 as that is used to trigger the RetryableData error
     function unsafeCreateRetryableTicket(
         address to,
diff --git a/contracts/src/bridge/Inbox.sol b/contracts/src/bridge/Inbox.sol
index 632d47dc60..371492160d 100644
--- a/contracts/src/bridge/Inbox.sol
+++ b/contracts/src/bridge/Inbox.sol
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ contract Inbox is DelegateCallAware, PausableUpgradeable, IInbox {
         }
 
         return
-            unsafeCreateRetryableTicket(
+            unsafeCreateRetryableTicketInternal(
                 to,
                 l2CallValue,
                 maxSubmissionCost,
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ contract Inbox is DelegateCallAware, PausableUpgradeable, IInbox {
      * @param data ABI encoded data of L2 message
      * @return unique id for retryable transaction (keccak256(requestID, uint(0) )
      */
-    function unsafeCreateRetryableTicket(
+    function unsafeCreateRetryableTicketInternal(
         address to,
         uint256 l2CallValue,
         uint256 maxSubmissionCost,
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ contract Inbox is DelegateCallAware, PausableUpgradeable, IInbox {
         uint256 gasLimit,
         uint256 maxFeePerGas,
         bytes calldata data
-    ) public payable virtual override whenNotPaused onlyAllowed returns (uint256) {
+    ) internal virtual whenNotPaused onlyAllowed returns (uint256) {
         // gas price and limit of 1 should never be a valid input, so instead they are used as
         // magic values to trigger a revert in eth calls that surface data without requiring a tx trace
         if (gasLimit == 1 || maxFeePerGas == 1)
@@ -447,6 +447,19 @@ contract Inbox is DelegateCallAware, PausableUpgradeable, IInbox {
             );
     }
 
+    function unsafeCreateRetryableTicket(
+        address,
+        uint256,
+        uint256,
+        address,
+        address,
+        uint256,
+        uint256,
+        bytes calldata
+    ) public payable override returns (uint256) {
+        revert("UNSAFE_RETRYABLES_TEMPORARILY_DISABLED");
+    }
+
     function _deliverMessage(
         uint8 _kind,
         address _sender,