diff --git a/fedora-live-workstation.ks b/fedora-live-workstation.ks
index 62f6403..ac97363 100644
--- a/fedora-live-workstation.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-workstation.ks
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 %include fedora-live-base.ks
 %include fedora-workstation-common.ks
-%include snippets/packagekit-cached-metadata.ks
+#
+# Disable this for now as packagekit is causing compose failures
+# by leaving a gpg-agent around holding /dev/null open.
+#
+#include snippets/packagekit-cached-metadata.ks
 
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