diff --git a/edx_repo_tools/repo_checks/repo_checks.py b/edx_repo_tools/repo_checks/repo_checks.py
index bc9c6ae2..763e5f02 100644
--- a/edx_repo_tools/repo_checks/repo_checks.py
+++ b/edx_repo_tools/repo_checks/repo_checks.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import re
 import textwrap
 from functools import lru_cache
-from itertools import chain
+from itertools import chainf
 from pprint import pformat
 
 import click
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ def __init__(self, api: GhApi, org: str, repo: str):
         self.expected_settings = {
             "has_issues": True,
             "has_wiki": False,
-            "allow_auto_merge": True,
+            # The goal is to have allow_auto_merge==True for all repos, but for now we need
+            # to turn it off for edx-platform due to some unresolved issues with its complex
+            # system of checks: https://github.com/openedx/axim-engineering/issues/1096
+            "allow_auto_merge": self.repo_name != "edx-platform",
             "delete_branch_on_merge": True,
         }