diff --git a/servers/slapd/slapd.conf b/servers/slapd/slapd.conf
index 006b95288f..162cd79537 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slapd.conf
+++ b/servers/slapd/slapd.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 include		%SYSCONFDIR%/slapd.at.conf
 include		%SYSCONFDIR%/slapd.oc.conf
 schemacheck	off
-referral	ldap://ldap.itd.umich.edu
+#referral	ldap://ldap.itd.umich.edu
 
 pidfile		%LOCALSTATEDIR%/slapd.pid
 argsfile	%LOCALSTATEDIR%/slapd.args