diff --git a/cesnet-central/deployments/fullhub.yaml b/cesnet-central/deployments/fullhub.yaml
index f9174d6deecd752d736a0dc292dadd2226ecd5e6..719b797f5dcd9f4670f754ddab122b7e94170d3e 100644
--- a/cesnet-central/deployments/fullhub.yaml
+++ b/cesnet-central/deployments/fullhub.yaml
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ singleuser:
         # sizeLimit problematic in this environment,
         # not needed for remote mounts
         empty_dir:
-      - name: scratch
-        ephemeral:
-          volumeClaimTemplate:
-            spec:
-              accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
-              storageClassName: local-path
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  storage: "10Gi"
+      # - name: scratch
+      #   ephemeral:
+      #     volumeClaimTemplate:
+      #       spec:
+      #         accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      #         storageClassName: local-path
+      #         resources:
+      #           requests:
+      #             storage: "10Gi"
     extraVolumeMounts:
       - name: cvmfs-host
         mountPath: "/cvmfs:shared"
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ singleuser:
         mountPath: '/home/jovyan/b2drop:shared'
       - name: owncloud
         mountPath: '/home/jovyan:shared'
-      - name: scratch
-        mountPath: '/scratch'
+      # - name: scratch
+      #   mountPath: '/scratch'
   memory:
     limit: 6G
     guarantee: 128M
diff --git a/demo/deployments/hub.yaml b/demo/deployments/hub.yaml
index b45ca65f807782e82279cd01330825db4dd6ffbc..d9379da3cb5fb2e0c93c8d1821c692b034bb210f 100644
--- a/demo/deployments/hub.yaml
+++ b/demo/deployments/hub.yaml
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ singleuser:
         # sizeLimit problematic in this environment,
         # not needed for remote mounts
         empty_dir:
-      - name: scratch
-        ephemeral:
-          volumeClaimTemplate:
-            spec:
-              accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
-              storageClassName: local-path
-              resources:
-                requests:
-                  storage: "10Gi"
+      # - name: scratch
+      #   ephemeral:
+      #     volumeClaimTemplate:
+      #       spec:
+      #         accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      #         storageClassName: local-path
+      #         resources:
+      #           requests:
+      #             storage: "10Gi"
     extraVolumeMounts:
       - name: cvmfs-host
         mountPath: "/cvmfs:shared"
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ singleuser:
         mountPath: '/mnt/b2drop:shared'
       - name: owncloud
         mountPath: '/mnt/owncloud:shared'
-      - name: scratch
-        mountPath: '/scratch'
+      # - name: scratch
+      #   mountPath: '/scratch'
   lifecycleHooks:
     postStart:
-      exec: { "command": ["/bin/sh", "-c", "ln -snf /mnt/b2drop $HOME/b2drop; ln -snf /mnt/owncloud $HOME/owncloud; for d in cvmfs scratch; do if ! test -e $HOME/$d; then ln -snf /$d $HOME/$d; fi; done; mkdir -p /home/jovyan/.notebookCheckpoints"] }
+      exec: { "command": ["/bin/sh", "-c", "ln -snf /mnt/b2drop $HOME/b2drop; ln -snf /mnt/owncloud $HOME/owncloud; for d in cvmfs; do if ! test -e $HOME/$d; then ln -snf /$d $HOME/$d; fi; done; mkdir -p /home/jovyan/.notebookCheckpoints"] }
   memory:
     limit: 4G
     guarantee: 512M