diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d192f17e15..a05d2a6ab0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ zeroize = "1.7.0"
 prometheus = { version = "0.14.0" }
 
 # sdk related deps so we can pull in workspace versions of these in other crates' cargo files, and not have to define the version everywhere
-nym-api = { version = "1.2.0", path = "nym-api" }
+# nym-api = { version = "1.2.0", path = "nym-api" }
 nym-bandwidth-controller = { version = "1.2.0", path = "common/bandwidth-controller" }
 nym-bin-common = { version = "1.2.0", path = "common/bin-common" }
 nym-client-core = { version = "1.2.0", path = "common/client-core" }
diff --git a/publish-sdk.sh b/publish-sdk.sh
index e11698265b..4c6c091233 100755
--- a/publish-sdk.sh
+++ b/publish-sdk.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 # SDK and its dependencies
 PACKAGES=(
-  "nym-api"
+  # "nym-api"
   "nym-bandwidth-controller"
   "nym-bin-common"
   "nym-client-core"