diff --git a/backend/danswer/setup.py b/backend/danswer/setup.py
index db9cdce85d1..9571ac28926 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/setup.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 from danswer.natural_language_processing.search_nlp_models import EmbeddingModel
 from danswer.natural_language_processing.search_nlp_models import warm_up_bi_encoder
 from danswer.natural_language_processing.search_nlp_models import warm_up_cross_encoder
-from danswer.seeding.load_docs import seed_initial_documents
 from danswer.seeding.load_yamls import load_chat_yamls
 from danswer.server.manage.llm.models import LLMProviderUpsertRequest
 from danswer.server.settings.store import load_settings
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ def setup_danswer(
     # update multipass indexing setting based on GPU availability
     update_default_multipass_indexing(db_session)
 
-    seed_initial_documents(db_session, tenant_id, cohere_enabled)
+    # seed_initial_documents(db_session, tenant_id, cohere_enabled)
 
 
 def translate_saved_search_settings(db_session: Session) -> None: