diff --git a/build-cmd.sh b/build-cmd.sh
index 3efdd384..8594dc2b 100755
--- a/build-cmd.sh
+++ b/build-cmd.sh
@@ -133,21 +133,21 @@ pushd "$CURL_SOURCE_DIR"
             mkdir -p "${stage}"/include
             cp -a builds/libcurl-vc14-$targetarch-release-static-ssl-static-zlib-static-ipv6-sspi-nghttp2-static/include/curl/ "${stage}"/include/
 
-            # Run 'curl' as a sanity check. Capture just the first line, which
-            # should have versions of stuff.
-            curlout="$("${stage}"/bin/curl.exe --version | tr -d '\r' | head -n 1)"
-            # With -e in effect, any nonzero rc blows up the script --
-            # so plain 'expr str : pattern' asserts that str contains pattern.
-            # curl version - should be start of line
-            expr "$curlout" : "curl $(escape_dots "$version")" #> /dev/null
-            # libcurl/version
-            expr "$curlout" : ".* libcurl/$(escape_dots "$version")" > /dev/null
-            # OpenSSL/version
-            expr "$curlout" : ".* OpenSSL/$(escape_dots "$(get_installable_version openssl 3)")" > /dev/null
-            # zlib/version
-            expr "$curlout" : ".* zlib/1.3.1.zlib-ng" > /dev/null
-            # nghttp2/version
-            expr "$curlout" : ".* nghttp2/$(escape_dots "$(get_installable_version nghttp2 3)")" > /dev/null
+            # # Run 'curl' as a sanity check. Capture just the first line, which
+            # # should have versions of stuff.
+            # curlout="$("${stage}"/bin/curl.exe --version | tr -d '\r' | head -n 1)"
+            # # With -e in effect, any nonzero rc blows up the script --
+            # # so plain 'expr str : pattern' asserts that str contains pattern.
+            # # curl version - should be start of line
+            # expr "$curlout" : "curl $(escape_dots "$version")" #> /dev/null
+            # # libcurl/version
+            # expr "$curlout" : ".* libcurl/$(escape_dots "$version")" > /dev/null
+            # # OpenSSL/version
+            # expr "$curlout" : ".* OpenSSL/$(escape_dots "$(get_installable_version openssl 3)")" > /dev/null
+            # # zlib/version
+            # expr "$curlout" : ".* zlib/1.3.1.zlib-ng" > /dev/null
+            # # nghttp2/version
+            # expr "$curlout" : ".* nghttp2/$(escape_dots "$(get_installable_version nghttp2 3)")" > /dev/null
 
             # Clean
             rm -r builds