diff --git a/docker-compose.anon.yml b/docker-compose.anon.yml
index 22588c37..7c2530ef 100644
--- a/docker-compose.anon.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.anon.yml
@@ -53,16 +53,17 @@ services:
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 3
 
-  phpmyadmin:
-    restart: always
-    image: phpmyadmin:5.2.1
-    environment:
-      PMA_ARBITRARY: 1
-      PMA_HOST: db-anon
-      PMA_PORT: 3306
-    ports:
-      - "8080:80"
-      - "9090:443"
+  # phpmyadmin service temporarily disabled - see issue #1177
+  # phpmyadmin:
+  #   restart: always
+  #   image: phpmyadmin:5.2.1
+  #   environment:
+  #     PMA_ARBITRARY: 1
+  #     PMA_HOST: db-anon
+  #     PMA_PORT: 3306
+  #   ports:
+  #     - "8080:80"
+  #     - "9090:443"
 
 volumes:
   nowdb-db-anon:
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index fa8b6030..da578796 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -45,16 +45,17 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:3307:3306
 
-  phpmyadmin:
-    restart: always
-    image: phpmyadmin:5.2.1
-    environment:
-      PMA_ARBITRARY: 1
-      PMA_HOST: db
-      PMA_PORT: 3306
-    ports:
-      - "8080:80"
-      - "9090:443"
+  # phpmyadmin service temporarily disabled - see issue #1177
+  # phpmyadmin:
+  #   restart: always
+  #   image: phpmyadmin:5.2.1
+  #   environment:
+  #     PMA_ARBITRARY: 1
+  #     PMA_HOST: db
+  #     PMA_PORT: 3306
+  #   ports:
+  #     - "8080:80"
+  #     - "9090:443"
 
 volumes:
   nowdb-db-dev: