diff --git a/protogeni/scripts/expire_daemon.in b/protogeni/scripts/expire_daemon.in
index 05914195f82dc1c10e84e3d286a530624750fcf4..7da762c2859b20fbc2d938c8db4154568f565c8e 100644
--- a/protogeni/scripts/expire_daemon.in
+++ b/protogeni/scripts/expire_daemon.in
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ sub CheckIdle()
 	    # send more then one message in a 24 hour period to avoid
 	    # annoying people to much.
 	    #
-	    if ($idlecheck_norenew &&
+	    if (0 && $idlecheck_norenew &&
 		$swapreqs && ($lastreq * 60) > (2 * $idlecheck_threshold)) {
 		#
 		# Current policy is no second warnings; the