diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery/index.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery/index.tsx
index 4a3fbe9b52..d375e48fc8 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery/index.tsx
@@ -85,10 +85,7 @@ import {
     getSectionSummaries,
 } from "services/collectionService";
 import downloadManager from "services/download";
-import {
-    syncCLIPEmbeddings,
-    syncFaceEmbeddings,
-} from "services/embeddingService";
+import { syncCLIPEmbeddings } from "services/embeddingService";
 import { syncEntities } from "services/entityService";
 import { getLocalFiles, syncFiles } from "services/fileService";
 import locationSearchService from "services/locationSearchService";
@@ -130,7 +127,6 @@ import {
 } from "utils/file";
 import { isArchivedFile } from "utils/magicMetadata";
 import { getSessionExpiredMessage } from "utils/ui";
-import { isInternalUserForML } from "utils/user";
 import { getLocalFamilyData } from "utils/user/family";
 
 export const DeadCenter = styled("div")`
@@ -720,7 +716,9 @@ export default function Gallery() {
             const electron = globalThis.electron;
             if (electron) {
                 await syncCLIPEmbeddings();
-                if (isInternalUserForML()) await syncFaceEmbeddings();
+                // TODO-ML(MR): Disable fetch until we start storing it in the
+                // same place as the local ones.
+                // if (isInternalUserForML()) await syncFaceEmbeddings();
             }
             if (clipService.isPlatformSupported()) {
                 void clipService.scheduleImageEmbeddingExtraction();