diff --git a/src/ci/scripts/free-disk-space.sh b/src/ci/scripts/free-disk-space.sh
index 89f95c5e89432..055a6ac2211e3 100755
--- a/src/ci/scripts/free-disk-space.sh
+++ b/src/ci/scripts/free-disk-space.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ printDF() {
 
 removeUnusedFilesAndDirs() {
     local to_remove=(
-        "/etc/mysql"
         "/usr/local/aws-sam-cli"
         "/usr/local/doc/cmake"
         "/usr/local/julia"*
@@ -151,15 +150,11 @@ execAndMeasureSpaceChange() {
 # Remove large packages
 # REF: https://github.com/apache/flink/blob/master/tools/azure-pipelines/free_disk_space.sh
 cleanPackages() {
-    # Stop services to avoid issues when removing their packages.
-    sudo systemctl stop mysql
-
     local packages=(
         '^aspnetcore-.*'
         '^dotnet-.*'
         '^llvm-.*'
         '^mongodb-.*'
-        '^mysql-.*'
         'azure-cli'
         'firefox'
         'libgl1-mesa-dri'