diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 9bf146c9ed..145ce09e17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.7, 3.8]
-        TESTING_DB: ['sqlite3', 'postgresql', 'mysql']
+        # TODO: mysql disabled, not able to connect to it so far
+        TESTING_DB: ['sqlite3', 'postgresql']  # , 'mysql']
       fail-fast: False
 
     steps: