diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.base b/parm/config/gfs/config.base
index 9fd66bf0c7..fca3fd99ed 100644
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.base
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.base
@@ -453,6 +453,8 @@ export binary_diag=".false."
 
 # Verification options
 export DO_METP="@DO_METP@"   # Run METPLUS jobs - set METPLUS settings in config.metp
+# TODO Reenable METplus jobs when issue #2790 is resolved
+export DO_METP="NO"
 export DO_FIT2OBS="YES"      # Run fit to observations package
 export DO_VRFY_OCEANDA="@DO_VRFY_OCEANDA@"  # Run SOCA Ocean and Seaice DA verification tasks