diff --git a/mage_helpers/cdk.go b/mage_helpers/cdk.go
index ca247d60be85213a31a085ff3957a17f003a333d..fa1b5a0f4bf4a1ccaa6f7e93a282e7eaedd62e9f 100644
--- a/mage_helpers/cdk.go
+++ b/mage_helpers/cdk.go
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ func CDKDeploy(cdkDir string, env string, stack string, exclusively bool, local
 	if local {
 		commandArgs = append(commandArgs, fmt.Sprintf(`--profile=%v`, profile))
 
-		if env == "dev" {
-			commandArgs = append(commandArgs, `--hotswap`) // make it go fast
-		}
+		// if env == "dev" {
+		// 	commandArgs = append(commandArgs, `--hotswap`) // make it go fast
+		// }
 	}
 
 	commandArgs = append(commandArgs,