diff --git a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
index d6b260cf3..2dd528e43 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
@@ -2611,7 +2611,8 @@ static bool zapit_parse_command(CBasicMessage::Header &rmsg, int connfd)
 
 void CZapit::run()
 {
-#if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE
+//if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE
+#if 0
 	bool v_stopped = false;
 #endif
 	set_threadname("zap:main");
@@ -2659,7 +2660,8 @@ void CZapit::run()
 					SendEvent(CZapitClient::EVT_PMT_CHANGED, &channel_id, sizeof(channel_id));
 				}
 			}
-#if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE
+//if HAVE_SPARK_HARDWARE
+#if 0
 			/* hack: stop videodecoder if the tuner looses lock
 			 * at least the h264 decoder seems unhappy if he runs out of data...
 			 * ...until we fix the driver, let's work around it here.