diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index aff85eb..d37a135 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
     check:
       jobs:
         # NOTE(dtantsur): keep N-3 and older non-voting for these jobs.
-        - ironic-standalone
+        # marking ironic-standalone non voting until we can run ansible
+        # with python3 interpreter on remote machines
+        - ironic-standalone:
+            voting: false
         - ironic-dsvm-standalone-rocky
         - ironic-dsvm-standalone-queens
         - ironic-dsvm-standalone-pike:
@@ -37,7 +40,9 @@
     gate:
       queue: ironic
       jobs:
-        - ironic-standalone
+        # removing ironic-standalone from gate until we can run ansible
+        # with python3 interpreter on remote machines
+        # - ironic-standalone
         - ironic-dsvm-standalone-rocky
         - ironic-dsvm-standalone-queens
         - ironic-tempest-functional-python3