diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/btl_portals_compat_utcp.c b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/btl_portals_compat_utcp.c
index ad3ccfd2ca..78a85e4503 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/btl_portals_compat_utcp.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/btl_portals_compat_utcp.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ mca_btl_portals_init_compat(mca_btl_portals_component_t *comp)
 {
     ptl_process_id_t info;
     int ret, max_interfaces;
-#if 1 /* send all the portals internal debug to a file or stderr */
+#if 0 /* send all the portals internal debug to a file or stderr */
     FILE *output;
     char *tmp;