diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
index c178012c83b..25a93894ca0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Maven build
         run: |
           mvn -B -e "-Dmaven.test.skip=true" $MAVEN_HTTP_ARGS -DskipTests -Ppipeline install 
-          etc/scripts/build-examples.sh
+          echo "TBD: validate examples from external repository"
   archetypes:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy: