diff --git a/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.I b/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.I
index 32c62846e2..68a50b9a3c 100755
--- a/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.I
+++ b/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.I
@@ -50,15 +50,19 @@ build_double1(const void* vertices, int vertex_stride, int vertex_count, const v
   dGeomTriMeshDataBuildDouble1(_id, vertices, vertex_stride, vertex_count, indices, index_count, tri_stride, normals);
 }
 
+/*
 INLINE void OdeTriMeshData::
 build_simple(const dReal* vertices, int vertex_count, const int* indices, int index_count) {
   dGeomTriMeshDataBuildSimple(_id, vertices, vertex_count, indices, index_count);
 }
+*/
 
+/*
 INLINE void OdeTriMeshData::
 build_simple1(const dReal* vertices, int vertex_count, const int* indices, int index_count, const int* normals) {
   dGeomTriMeshDataBuildSimple1(_id, vertices, vertex_count, indices, index_count, normals);
 }
+*/
 
 INLINE void OdeTriMeshData::
 preprocess() {
diff --git a/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.h b/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.h
index 5672338b3e..c1fdd81d20 100755
--- a/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.h
+++ b/panda/src/ode/odeTriMeshData.h
@@ -73,11 +73,20 @@ public:
   INLINE void build_double1(const void* vertices, int vertex_stride, int vertex_count, \
 			    const void* indices, int index_count, int tri_stride, \
 			    const void* normals);
+
+  // Temporarily commenting these two out--ODE had an API change from
+  // (int *indices) to (dTriIndex *indices).  But since there's no
+  // #define that indicates the ODE version, we don't have any way to
+  // automatically put the right symbol in here.  However, we're not
+  // using these methods right now anyway.
+
+  /*
   INLINE void build_simple(const dReal* vertices, int vertex_count, \
 			   const int* indices, int index_count);
   INLINE void build_simple1(const dReal* vertices, int vertex_count, \
 			    const int* indices, int index_count, \
 			    const int* normals);
+  */
   INLINE void preprocess();
 
   INLINE dTriMeshDataID get_id() const;