diff --git a/direct/src/particles/Particles.py b/direct/src/particles/Particles.py
index f36df3bbd9..390920f71c 100644
--- a/direct/src/particles/Particles.py
+++ b/direct/src/particles/Particles.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import ParticleSystem
 import BaseParticleFactory
 import PointParticleFactory
 import ZSpinParticleFactory
-import OrientedParticleFactory
+#import OrientedParticleFactory
 import BaseParticleRenderer
 import PointParticleRenderer
 import LineParticleRenderer