diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 71f202e4feeb07621ed00f138a49f24772d945cb..9897c52a08cb7ea65f01f02faa0663bbd5548002 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ FROM builder as staging
 RUN spack -e ${SPACK_ENV} gc -y
 
 # Garbage collect in git
-RUN git -C $SPACK_ROOT gc --prune=all --aggressive
+#RUN git -C $SPACK_ROOT gc --prune=all --aggressive
 
 ## Bugfix to address issues loading the Qt5 libraries on Linux kernels prior to 3.15
 ## See