diff --git a/Dockerfile.rhel7 b/Dockerfile.rhel7
index f7c7f814..d91aeba3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rhel7
+++ b/Dockerfile.rhel7
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ COPY go.sum go.sum
 # since we use vendoring we don't need to redownload our dependencies every time. Instead we can simply
 # reuse our vendored directory and verify everything is good. If not we can abort here and ask for a revendor.
 COPY vendor vendor/
-RUN go mod verify
+
+# TODO(jkyros): go mod verify talks to the internet to check hashes, and it breaks in our disconnected
+# build environment without access to the go proxy. Maybe there is a mod cache or something we can make
+# it use in the build environment, but until then, turn it off.
+# RUN  go mod verify
 
 # Copy the go source
 COPY cmd/main.go cmd/main.go