diff --git a/payload_generator/delta_diff_utils.cc b/payload_generator/delta_diff_utils.cc
index fbb6066..ff18dd8 100644
--- a/payload_generator/delta_diff_utils.cc
+++ b/payload_generator/delta_diff_utils.cc
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@
 
   bool out_blob_set = false;
 
+#if 0  // Temporarily disable XZ operations until crbug.com/806613 is fixed.
   // Try compressing |new_data| with xz first.
   if (version.OperationAllowed(InstallOperation::REPLACE_XZ)) {
     brillo::Blob new_data_xz;
@@ -638,6 +639,7 @@
       out_blob_set = true;
     }
   }
+#endif
 
   // Try compressing it with bzip2.
   if (version.OperationAllowed(InstallOperation::REPLACE_BZ)) {