diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/3752-dont-build-namadar.md b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/3752-dont-build-namadar.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80781b41fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/improvements/3752-dont-build-namadar.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Remove namada-relayer from the build.
+  ([\#3752](https://github.com/anoma/namada/pull/3752))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/apps/Cargo.toml b/crates/apps/Cargo.toml
index e62e841810..0f9d0a0873 100644
--- a/crates/apps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apps/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,10 +38,15 @@ name = "namadaw"
 path = "src/bin/namada-wallet/main.rs"
 
 # Namada relayer
-[[bin]]
-doc = false
-name = "namadar"
-path = "src/bin/namada-relayer/main.rs"
+#
+# NOTE: uncomment lines below and mv
+# `_main.rs` to `main.rs` in `src/bin/namada-relayer/`
+# to build the Namada relayer binary
+#
+#[[bin]]
+#doc = false
+#name = "namadar"
+#path = "src/bin/namada-relayer/main.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["migrations"]
diff --git a/crates/apps/src/bin/namada-relayer/main.rs b/crates/apps/src/bin/namada-relayer/_main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/apps/src/bin/namada-relayer/main.rs
rename to crates/apps/src/bin/namada-relayer/_main.rs