diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index 0c89d48d17..2932855fee 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
     check:
       jobs:
         - ironic-tox-unit-with-driver-libs
-        - ironic-standalone
+        # making ironic-standalone non voting until we can run ansible
+        # with python3 interpreter on remote machines
+        - ironic-standalone:
+            voting: false
         - ironic-tempest-functional-python2
         - ironic-tempest-functional-python3
         - ironic-grenade-dsvm
@@ -37,7 +40,9 @@
       queue: ironic
       jobs:
         - ironic-tox-unit-with-driver-libs
-        - ironic-standalone
+        # removing ironic-standalone from gate until we can run ansible
+        # with python3 interpreter on remote machines
+        # - ironic-standalone
         - ironic-tempest-functional-python2
         - ironic-tempest-functional-python3
         - ironic-grenade-dsvm