diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_fastapi_backend.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_fastapi_backend.yml
index aaa3059b..1aa02d41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_fastapi_backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_fastapi_backend.yml
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ jobs:
         id: set_domain
         run: echo "::set-output name=domain::${{ secrets[format('{0}_DOMAIN_NAME', github.ref_name)] }}"
 
-      - name: Build Lambda Layer
-        run: |
-          cd backend
-          pip install -r requirements/lambda.txt -t python
-          zip -r layer.zip python
-
-      - name: Publish Lambda Layer
-        run: |
-          LAYER_ARN=$(aws lambda publish-layer-version --layer-name LambdaDependenciesLayer --zip-file fileb://backend/layer.zip | jq -r '.LayerVersionArn')
-          aws ssm put-parameter --name "/${{ github.ref_name }}/LambdaDependenciesLayerArn" --value "$LAYER_ARN" --type String --overwrite
+      #      - name: Build Lambda Layer
+      #        run: |
+      #          cd backend
+      #          pip install -r requirements/lambda.txt -t python
+      #          zip -r layer.zip python
+      #
+      #      - name: Publish Lambda Layer
+      #        run: |
+      #          LAYER_ARN=$(aws lambda publish-layer-version --layer-name LambdaDependenciesLayer --zip-file fileb://backend/layer.zip | jq -r '.LayerVersionArn')
+      #          aws ssm put-parameter --name "/${{ github.ref_name }}/LambdaDependenciesLayerArn" --value "$LAYER_ARN" --type String --overwrite
 
       - name: Deploy to AWS Lambda via Serverless
         env:
diff --git a/backend/serverless.yml b/backend/serverless.yml
index cdc08ba8..99348095 100644
--- a/backend/serverless.yml
+++ b/backend/serverless.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ provider:
   runtime: python3.10
   region: eu-west-2
   # arm64 causes issues with pycryptography - TODO: fix this so we can use arm64
-  architecture: arm64
-  #  architecture: x86_64
+  #  architecture: arm64
+  architecture: x86_64
   environment:
     API_KEY: ${env:API_KEY}
     ENVIRONMENT: ${env:ENVIRONMENT}