diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/typos.bash b/.gitlab/ci/typos.bash
index d23928eceb..7293a039b3 100755
--- a/.gitlab/ci/typos.bash
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/typos.bash
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ result=0
 echo "Running 'typos' on source code..."
 typos || result=1
 
-if [ -n "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DIFF_BASE_SHA" ]; then
-  for COMMIT in $(git rev-list "^$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_DIFF_BASE_SHA" "$CI_COMMIT_SHA"); do
-    echo "Running 'typos' on commit message of $COMMIT..."
-    git show --format=%B -s "$COMMIT" | typos - || result=1
-  done
-fi
+# FIXME(typos): checking commit messages hits false positives
+# on "words" inside commit hashes.  We'd need a way to disable
+# checking of combined identifiers to avoid this.
 
 exit $result