diff --git a/includes/site.h b/includes/site.h
index e0b04a3d..ba0e1325 100644
--- a/includes/site.h
+++ b/includes/site.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
    the aforementioned problems do not matter to you, or if no other
    API is supported for your system, you may want to go with it. */
 
-#define USE_SOCKETS
+/* #define USE_SOCKETS */
 
 /* Define this to use the Sun Streams NIT API.