diff --git a/checkouts.cfg b/checkouts.cfg
index 264688cc56..f229c8748e 100644
--- a/checkouts.cfg
+++ b/checkouts.cfg
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 always-checkout = force
 # always-checkout = false
 auto-checkout =
-# These packages are always checkout out:
-    Plone
-    plone.app.locales
-    plone.app.upgrade
-    Products.CMFPlone
+# Plone 5.2 is out of maintenance support, so let's not even check out the regular packages.
+#    Plone
+#    plone.app.locales
+#    plone.app.upgrade
+#    Products.CMFPlone
 # Automatically added by mr.roboto after PR merge: