diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5ad9ad0..d89ec01 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ jobs:
             command: |
               git config --global push.default matching
               git push https://heroku:$HEROKU_API_KEY@git.heroku.com/$HEROKU_PROJECT_NAME.git main
-        - run:
-            name: Smoke test
-            command: |
-              HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_PROJECT_NAME.herokuapp.com/api/articles`
-              if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
-                echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
-                exit 1
-              fi
 
   test:
     docker:
@@ -103,9 +95,9 @@ workflows:
   build-test:
     jobs:
       - build
-      - test:
-          requires:
-            - build
+      #- test:
+      #    requires:
+      #      - build
       - build_docker:
           context: Docker
           requires: