diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f3822e5449..a012fbfcdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - commentout_netcdf_julia_projecttoml
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
diff --git a/esmvaltool/install/Julia/Project.toml b/esmvaltool/install/Julia/Project.toml
index fb8d18f537..4f2c622904 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/install/Julia/Project.toml
+++ b/esmvaltool/install/Julia/Project.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 [deps]
-ArgParse = "c7e460c6-2fb9-53a9-8c5b-16f535851c63"
-Compat = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
+# ArgParse = "c7e460c6-2fb9-53a9-8c5b-16f535851c63"
+# Compat = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
 DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
 JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
-NetCDF = "30363a11-5582-574a-97bb-aa9a979735b9"
+# NetCDF = "30363a11-5582-574a-97bb-aa9a979735b9"
 PyCall = "438e738f-606a-5dbb-bf0a-cddfbfd45ab0"
 PyPlot = "d330b81b-6aea-500a-939a-2ce795aea3ee"
-RainFARM = "e9a4e08f-a0a3-5224-a821-6d0231c12d6b"
+# RainFARM = "e9a4e08f-a0a3-5224-a821-6d0231c12d6b"
 Statistics = "10745b16-79ce-11e8-11f9-7d13ad32a3b2"
 YAML = "ddb6d928-2868-570f-bddf-ab3f9cf99eb6"