diff --git a/package/darshan/2.3.0/install.sh b/package/darshan/2.3.0/install.sh
index 2f9f2e578047a56698140064a020f384a25cb8e3..fc1a3cefbf011f8a1704e2e06fbab718277cf23e 100644
--- a/package/darshan/2.3.0/install.sh
+++ b/package/darshan/2.3.0/install.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ version='2.3.0'
 cd ${JARVIS_TMP}
 tar xvf ${JARVIS_DOWNLOAD}/darshan-${version}.tar.gz
 cd darshan-${version}
-./prepare.sh
+#./prepare.sh
 # install darshan runtime to collect IO info.
 cd darshan-runtime
 mkdir -p $1/runtime