diff --git a/website/api/controllers/webhooks/receive-from-github.js b/website/api/controllers/webhooks/receive-from-github.js
index beda298f54..5693b4bfc6 100644
--- a/website/api/controllers/webhooks/receive-from-github.js
+++ b/website/api/controllers/webhooks/receive-from-github.js
@@ -277,27 +277,31 @@ module.exports = {
           }, baseHeaders);
         }
 
-        // And also unfreeze and re-freeze to temporarily allow merging.
-        // [?] https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/5179
-        if (isAutoApproved) {
+        // Temporarily disable re-freeze logic to troubleshoot website caching issues on 2022-05-03.
+        // (very unlikely this is a culprit, but ruling out race conditions)
+        // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+//         // And also unfreeze and re-freeze to temporarily allow merging.
+//         // [?] https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/5179
+//         if (isAutoApproved) {
 
-          let mergeFreezeReport = await sails.helpers.http.get('https://www.mergefreeze.com/api/branches/fleetdm/fleet/main', { access_token: sails.config.custom.mergeFreezeAccessToken });//eslint-disable-line camelcase
-          if (mergeFreezeReport.frozen) {
-            await sails.helpers.http.post('https://www.mergefreeze.com/api/branches/fleetdm/fleet/main', { frozen: false, access_token: sails.config.custom.mergeFreezeAccessToken, user_name: 'fleet-release' });//eslint-disable-line camelcase
+//           let mergeFreezeReport = await sails.helpers.http.get('https://www.mergefreeze.com/api/branches/fleetdm/fleet/main', { access_token: sails.config.custom.mergeFreezeAccessToken });//eslint-disable-line camelcase
+//           if (mergeFreezeReport.frozen) {
+//             await sails.helpers.http.post('https://www.mergefreeze.com/api/branches/fleetdm/fleet/main', { frozen: false, access_token: sails.config.custom.mergeFreezeAccessToken, user_name: 'fleet-release' });//eslint-disable-line camelcase
 
-            // Then, in the background, 2 minutes later...
-            setTimeout(()=>{
-              sails.helpers.http.post('https://www.mergefreeze.com/api/branches/fleetdm/fleet/main', { frozen: true, access_token: sails.config.custom.mergeFreezeAccessToken, user_name: 'fleet-release' })//eslint-disable-line camelcase
-              .exec((err)=>{
-                if (err) {
-                  sails.log.error('Background instruction failed: Unexpected error re-freezing repo (see https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/5179 for background):', err);
-                }
-                sails.log.info('Re-freeze completed successfully.');
-              });//_∏_
-            }, 2*60*1000);//_∏_
-          }//fi
+//             // Then, in the background, 2 minutes later...
+//             setTimeout(()=>{
+//               sails.helpers.http.post('https://www.mergefreeze.com/api/branches/fleetdm/fleet/main', { frozen: true, access_token: sails.config.custom.mergeFreezeAccessToken, user_name: 'fleet-release' })//eslint-disable-line camelcase
+//               .exec((err)=>{
+//                 if (err) {
+//                   sails.log.error('Background instruction failed: Unexpected error re-freezing repo (see https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/5179 for background):', err);
+//                 }
+//                 sails.log.info('Re-freeze completed successfully.');
+//               });//_∏_
+//             }, 2*60*1000);//_∏_
+//           }//fi
 
-        }//fi
+//         }//fi
+        // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
       }
     } else if (ghNoun === 'issue_comment' && ['created'].includes(action) && (issueOrPr&&issueOrPr.state === 'open')) {