diff --git a/contrib/platform/mellanox/optimized b/contrib/platform/mellanox/optimized
index 93dbb78e1b..339518e483 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/mellanox/optimized
+++ b/contrib/platform/mellanox/optimized
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 enable_mca_no_build=coll-ml
 enable_debug_symbols=yes
 enable_orterun_prefix_by_default=yes
-with_verbs=yes
+with_verbs=no
 with_devel_headers=yes
 enable_oshmem=yes
 enable_oshmem_fortran=yes