diff --git a/my_ocrd_workflow b/my_ocrd_workflow
index 0f148b0..77e5be6 100755
--- a/my_ocrd_workflow
+++ b/my_ocrd_workflow
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ for ocr_filegrp in OCR-D-OCR-CALAMARI OCR-D-OCR-TESS; do
   page_workaround_remove_conf $ocr_filegrp
   do_validate
 
-  page_fix_image_references   $ocr_filegrp
   page_validate_xml           $ocr_filegrp
   do_validate
 
@@ -170,6 +169,11 @@ for ocr_filegrp in OCR-D-OCR-CALAMARI OCR-D-OCR-TESS; do
   page_downgrade_to_2018      $ocr_filegrp
   do_validate
 
+  # XXX This seems to be causing new problems with validation
+  # https://github.com/OCR-D/core/issues/176
+  #page_fix_image_references   $ocr_filegrp
+  #do_validate
+
   if ocrd workspace list-group | grep -q OCR-D-GT-PAGE; then
     remove_filegrp $ocr_filegrp-EVAL mets.xml
     ocrd-dinglehopper -m mets.xml -I OCR-D-GT-PAGE,$ocr_filegrp -O $ocr_filegrp-EVAL