diff --git a/reference_detector.xml b/reference_detector.xml
index 2776cb5ef8a9be0f7e3cb28c16ae50dfa6659674..4abed83b599958d760c56b983298f5513551d2af 100644
--- a/reference_detector.xml
+++ b/reference_detector.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
   <include ref="compact/far_forward_detectors.xml"/>
   <include ref="compact/ce_mrich.xml"/>
   <include ref="compact/ce_GEM.xml"/>
-  <include ref="compact/hcal.xml"/>
+  <!--include ref="compact/hcal.xml"/-->
   <include ref="compact/forward_trd.xml"/>
   <include ref="compact/B0_tracker.xml"/>
   <include ref="compact/forward_romanpot.xml"/>