diff --git a/epicardium/main.c b/epicardium/main.c
index 9f0e725bbeba49d3531f7de474cce98525fa0c8e..5e38e0bffe74c3dca93818bc40a50f5e1407fb09 100644
--- a/epicardium/main.c
+++ b/epicardium/main.c
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ int main(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Watchdog petting */
+#if 0
+	/*
+	 * Disabled for this release.
+	 */
 	watchdog_clearer_init();
+#endif
 
 	LOG_DEBUG("startup", "Starting FreeRTOS ...");
 	vTaskStartScheduler();
diff --git a/epicardium/modules/hardware.c b/epicardium/modules/hardware.c
index f7cca08de3030dd8aaf2fd4f112f7bd7aa7d5487..1173977a70f8a3a1acb4475ef6e42005eb282fee 100644
--- a/epicardium/modules/hardware.c
+++ b/epicardium/modules/hardware.c
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ int hardware_early_init(void)
 	/*
 	 * Watchdog timer
 	 */
+#if 0
+	/*
+	 * Disabled for this release.
+	 */
 	sys_cfg_wdt_t wdt_cfg = NULL;
 	WDT_Init(MXC_WDT0, wdt_cfg);
 
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ int hardware_early_init(void)
 		MXC_WDT0,
 		WDT_PERIOD_2_27); /* Clocked by PCLK at 50MHz, reset at 2^27 ticks = 2.7 seconds */
 	WDT_EnableReset(MXC_WDT0, 1);
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * I2C bus for onboard peripherals (ie. PMIC, BMA400, BHI160, BME680,