diff --git a/aegir-release.make b/aegir-release.make
index 8e4379f00c004f43c75ab74947b7aa75edbabf9f..03399d771c4eae065617101a0cb4680b9a259762 100644
--- a/aegir-release.make
+++ b/aegir-release.make
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ api = 2
 
 ; This makefile fetches the latest release of Drupal from Drupal.org.
 projects[drupal][type] = "core"
-projects[drupal][version] = 7.61
 
-; Sync manually with drupal-org-core.make in the hostmaster repo.
+; Pin a core version, only as long as we have a core patch below.
+; Sync manually with drupal-org-core.make in the hostmaster repository.
+;projects[drupal][version] = 7.61
 
 ; The release.sh script updates the version of hostmaster.
 projects[hostmaster][type] = "profile"