diff --git a/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml b/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml
index 6e5aa8dbf03c8c3eca5abbf58767cb32402f2689..2e0eee6dec61ed8931bdac774e8029f520df5e3c 100644
--- a/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml
+++ b/tasks/install_validation_tools.yml
@@ -86,24 +86,24 @@
     mode: "0755"
     remote_src: true
 
-- name: create validation directories
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: directory
-    mode: "0777"    # it's created in a mixed mode NFS/CIFS share, so mode will always be 0777, no matter what we set
-    owner: "lza"
-    group: "aw_lza_repair"
-  loop:
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_ddz/validate/unchecked/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_ddz/validate/results/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_digas/validate/unchecked/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_digas/validate/results/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_fotothek/validate/unchecked/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_fotothek/validate/results/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_mediathek/validate/unchecked/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_mediathek/validate/results/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_save/validate/unchecked/"
-    - "/mnt/lza_repair_save/validate/results/"
+#- name: create validation directories
+#  ansible.builtin.file:
+#    path: "{{ item }}"
+#    state: directory
+#    mode: "0777"    # it's created in a mixed mode NFS/CIFS share, so mode will always be 0777, no matter what we set
+#    owner: "lza"
+#    group: "aw_lza_repair"
+#  loop:
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_ddz/validate/unchecked/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_ddz/validate/results/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_digas/validate/unchecked/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_digas/validate/results/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_fotothek/validate/unchecked/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_fotothek/validate/results/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_mediathek/validate/unchecked/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_mediathek/validate/results/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_save/validate/unchecked/"
+#    - "/mnt/lza_repair_save/validate/results/"
 
 # man 5 systemd.unit, table "Unit File Load Path"
 - name: create Systemd unit directory in Unit File Load Path