diff --git a/contracts/deployment_scripts/testnet/recoverfunds/001_recover_funds.ts b/contracts/deployment_scripts/testnet/recoverfunds/001_recover_funds.ts
index 91195a52e5..8401872dcd 100644
--- a/contracts/deployment_scripts/testnet/recoverfunds/001_recover_funds.ts
+++ b/contracts/deployment_scripts/testnet/recoverfunds/001_recover_funds.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {DeployFunction} from 'hardhat-deploy/types';
 const func: DeployFunction = async function (hre: HardhatRuntimeEnvironment) {
     const {deployer} = await hre.getNamedAccounts();
 
+    return;
+
     const mgmtContractAddress = process.env.MGMT_CONTRACT_ADDRESS!!
     // todo: if we want to support this we need to add the payAcc address param to the RetrieveAllBridgeFunds solidity defn
     const addressToPay = process.env.ACC_TO_PAY!!