diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 548911b3..1f8942b2 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ NODEUPDATES() {
 				if [[ ${RUN_NODE_IP} == *"${nip}"* ]]; then
 					nip='localhost  '
 				fi
-				NODEUPDATE "${nip}" "${2}" "${NMCMD}" &
+				# NODEUPDATE "${nip}" "${2}" "${NMCMD}" &
 				((ncount++))
 				echo "HERE ${ncount}: ${nip} = ${NM_HOSTNAMES[${nip}]}"
 			fi