diff --git a/data/registry_model/datatypes.py b/data/registry_model/datatypes.py
index 172905647..95e64ea20 100644
--- a/data/registry_model/datatypes.py
+++ b/data/registry_model/datatypes.py
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ class Manifest(datatype('Manifest', ['digest', 'media_type', 'manifest_bytes']))
 
   def get_parsed_manifest(self, validate=True):
     """ Returns the parsed manifest for this manifest. """
+    validate = False # Temporarily disable.
     return parse_manifest_from_bytes(self.manifest_bytes, self.media_type, validate=validate)
 
   @property