diff --git a/sbin/run_integration_test.sh b/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
index 2bec369192474a52924597d1c830e76bab86b34d..563b2c7fbf793bcbd9db84a45635433c0b742c26 100755
--- a/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -86,14 +86,16 @@ SIMULATORS="sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim ccd-sim"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 make build $DEVICES $SIMULATORS
-make build elk logstash integration-test
+# make build elk integration-test   # L2SS-970: elk temporarily disabled
+make build logstash integration-test
 make build archiver-timescale hdbppts-cm hdbppts-es
 
 # Start and stop sequence
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 make stop $DEVICES $SIMULATORS hdbppts-es hdbppts-cm archiver-timescale
 make stop device-docker # this one does not test well in docker-in-docker
-make stop elk logstash
+# make stop elk  # L2SS-970: elk temporarily disabled
+make stop logstash
 
 # Run dummy integration test to install pytango in tox virtualenv without
 # the memory pressure of the ELK stack.
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ make stop elk logstash
 # TODO(L2SS-992): Remove me and above documentation
 integration_test dummy
 
-make start elk logstash
+# make start elk # L2SS-970: elk temporarily disabled
+make start logstash
 
 # Give elk time to start
 # TODO(L2SS-988): Use a nicer more reliable mechanism