diff --git a/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am b/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am
index 207c359b6d2af2e11dc99964ccd983edc806f228..a6bdfe2fc02084ad92ca6e570c897b96c6611886 100644
--- a/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) 
 
 #to build the executable
-bin_PROGRAMS = partition_allocator
+# bin_PROGRAMS = partition_allocator
 
-partition_allocator_SOURCES = partition_allocator.c partition_allocator.h
+# partition_allocator_SOURCES = partition_allocator.c partition_allocator.h
 
-partition_allocator_LDADD = \
-	$(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la -lpthread \
-	$(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.la
+# partition_allocator_LDADD = \
+# 	$(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la -lpthread \
+# 	$(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.la
 
-partition_allocator_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic -lm $(CMD_LDFLAGS)
+# partition_allocator_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic -lm $(CMD_LDFLAGS)
 
 # making a .la
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libpartition_allocator.la