diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dn2id.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dn2id.c
index 39ba6d4ee0..cc77bf6a8a 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dn2id.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dn2id.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ dn2id_delete(
 		}
 	}
 
-#if 1
+#if 0
 	{
 		char **subtree = dn_subtree( NULL, dn );