diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c b/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c
index 613fa4b547..09a4f3fc57 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-sql/search.c
@@ -676,12 +676,14 @@ backsql_process_filter( backsql_srch_info *bsi, Filter *f )
 		 * TODO: introduce appropriate entryCSN filtering
 		 * to support syncrepl as producer...
 		 */
+#if 0 /* wait until syncprov.c freezes */
 		if ( bsi->bsi_op->o_sync_mode & SLAP_SYNC_PERSIST ) {
 			/* unsupported at present... */
 			bsi->bsi_status = LDAP_OTHER;
 			rc = -1;
 			goto done;
 		}
+#endif
 
 
 	} else if ( ad == slap_schema.si_ad_hasSubordinates || ad == NULL ) {