diff --git a/src/scontrol/scontrol.c b/src/scontrol/scontrol.c
index b4074fbddc801f46a66aa6cbb9f8398c08ab785b..2286a508da9c0362726f127cd10f170b836e8d6e 100644
--- a/src/scontrol/scontrol.c
+++ b/src/scontrol/scontrol.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ update_it (int argc, char *argv[])
 		strcat (in_line, " ");
 	}			
 
-	error_code = slurm_update_config (in_line);
+/*	error_code = slurm_update_config (in_line); */
 	xfree (in_line);
 	return error_code;
 }