diff --git a/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactorGraph.cpp b/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactorGraph.cpp
index f2bae4b9b..6f1f2d592 100644
--- a/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactorGraph.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/discrete/DiscreteFactorGraph.cpp
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ namespace gtsam {
     // We divide both `product` and `sum` by `max(sum)`
     // since it is faster to compute and when the conditional
     // is formed by `product/sum`, the scaling term cancels out.
-    gttic(scale);
-    DiscreteFactor::shared_ptr denominator = sum->max(sum->size());
-    product = product->operator/(denominator);
-    sum = sum->operator/(denominator);
-    gttoc(scale);
+    // gttic(scale);
+    // DiscreteFactor::shared_ptr denominator = sum->max(sum->size());
+    // product = product->operator/(denominator);
+    // sum = sum->operator/(denominator);
+    // gttoc(scale);
 
     // Ordering keys for the conditional so that frontalKeys are really in front
     Ordering orderedKeys;