diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index c81d9d40..ea2c1bc9 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-; TODO(b/411429188): move this to an artifact registry in the official gemini-code gcp project
-@google:registry=https://us-west1-npm.pkg.dev/kkb-dev/gemini-code/
-//us-west1-npm.pkg.dev/kkb-dev/gemini-code/:always-auth=true
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+; TODO(b/411429188): re-enable and migrate once our private GCP project is up
+# @gemin-code-dev:registry=https://us-west1-npm.pkg.dev/kkb-dev/gemini-code/
+# //us-west1-npm.pkg.dev/kkb-dev/gemini-code/:always-auth=true
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