diff --git a/athena.xml b/athena.xml
index 69168a33e6604e2e465b7a734c75eefb4993def3..9edd47480f6fcf30746c47ee7e54c0573e5fecee 100644
--- a/athena.xml
+++ b/athena.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
   <documentation level="10">
   ### PID detectors
   </documentation>
-  <include ref="compact/dirc.xml"/>
+  <!--include ref="compact/dirc.xml"/-->
   <include ref="compact/mrich.xml"/>
   <!--include ref="compact/forward_trd.xml"/-->
   <include ref="compact/drich.xml"/>