diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/DoInterestManager.py b/direct/src/distributed/DoInterestManager.py
index 7f1b9c5c6d..d0280c0e74 100755
--- a/direct/src/distributed/DoInterestManager.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/DoInterestManager.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from direct.showbase import DirectObject
 from PyDatagram import PyDatagram
 #from PyDatagramIterator import PyDatagramIterator
 
-WantInterestPrintout = base.config.GetInt("want-interest-printout", 0)
+WantInterestPrintout = 0
 
 class DoInterestManager(DirectObject.DirectObject):
     """