diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-x64/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-x64/action.yml
index e5856c2fcdbe4..12fe13032733d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-x64/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-x64/action.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ runs:
       run: |
         set -x
 
-        sudo service mysql start
+        ## TODO sudo service mysql start
         sudo service slapd start
-        mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
+        ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
         # Ensure local_infile tests can run.
-        mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
+        ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
         docker exec sql1 /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S 127.0.0.1 -U SA -P "<YourStrong@Passw0rd>" -Q "create login pdo_test with password='password', check_policy=off; create user pdo_test for login pdo_test; grant alter, control to pdo_test;"
         docker exec sql1 /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S 127.0.0.1 -U SA -P "<YourStrong@Passw0rd>" -Q "create login odbc_test with password='password', check_policy=off; create user odbc_test for login odbc_test; grant alter, control, delete to odbc_test;"
         docker exec sql1 /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S 127.0.0.1 -U SA -P "<YourStrong@Passw0rd>" -Q "ALTER SERVER ROLE sysadmin ADD MEMBER odbc_test;"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 842a95264987e..ba00c63bf022e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -436,9 +436,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-linux
       - name: Setup
         run: |
-          sudo service mysql start
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
+          ## TODO sudo service mysql start
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
+          echo test
       - name: Enable Opcache
         run: |
           echo memory_limit=-1 >> /etc/php.d/opcache.ini
@@ -747,10 +748,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup
         run: |
           set -x
-          sudo service mysql start
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
+          ## TODO sudo service mysql start
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
           # Ensure local_infile tests can run.
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
           sudo locale-gen de_DE
       - name: Test
         uses: ./.github/actions/test-linux
@@ -791,10 +792,11 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install bison re2c
       - name: Setup
         run: |
-          sudo service mysql start
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
+          ## TODO sudo service mysql start
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test"
           # Ensure local_infile tests can run.
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile = true"
+          echo test
       - name: Build mysql-8.0
         uses: ./.github/actions/build-libmysqlclient
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 63745e628779f..8b829524a784e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -320,10 +320,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "Benchmark"
           git config --global user.email "benchmark@php.net"
-          sudo service mysql start
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS wordpress"
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE USER 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpress'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
-          mysql -uroot -proot -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
+          ## TODO sudo service mysql start
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS wordpress"
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE USER 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpress'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+          ## TODO mysql -uroot -proot -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
       - name: git checkout benchmarking-data
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: