diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6fe3159c8..f97c61b61 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ workflows:
             - cargo_fetch
 
       # Linux Desktop 32bit
-      - test_i686-unknown-linux-gnu:
-          requires:
-            - cargo_fetch
+      # - test_i686-unknown-linux-gnu:
+      #     requires:
+      #       - cargo_fetch
 
       # Android 64bit
       # - test_aarch64-linux-android:
diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index c5464cf2e..1a770dbfe 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export OPT_FFI_RELEASE="--manifest-path=deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml --release"
 export CARGO_CMD=cross
 
 # On Appveyor (windows) and Travis (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu and apple) native targets we use cargo (no need to cross-compile):
-if [[ $TARGET = *"windows"* ]] || [[ $TARGET == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]] || [[ $TARGET = *"apple"* ]] || [[ $TARGET == "i686-unknown-linux-gnu" ]]; then
+if [[ $TARGET = *"windows"* ]] || [[ $TARGET == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ]] || [[ $TARGET = *"apple"* ]]; then
     export CARGO_CMD=cargo
 fi