diff --git a/lib/symspec.f90 b/lib/symspec.f90
index 707a6368e..8f5ddd093 100644
--- a/lib/symspec.f90
+++ b/lib/symspec.f90
@@ -140,20 +140,20 @@ subroutine chk_samples(ihsym,k,nstop)
      call system_clock(count0,clkfreq)
      maxhsym=0
   endif
-  if((mod(ihsym,100).eq.0 .or. ihsym.ge.nstop-100) .and.       &
-       k0.ne.99999999) then
-     call system_clock(count1,clkfreq)
-     dtime=dfloat(count1-count0)/dfloat(clkfreq)
-     if(dtime.lt.28.0) return
-     if(dtime.gt.1.d-6) fsample=(k-3456)/dtime
-     call date_and_time(values=itime)
-     sec=itime(7)+0.001*itime(8)
-     write(ctime,3000) itime(5)-itime(4)/60,itime(6),sec
-3000 format(i2.2,':',i2.2,':',f6.3)
-     write(33,3033) ctime,dtime,ihsym,nstop,k,fsample
-3033 format(a12,f12.6,2i7,i10,f15.3)
-     flush(33)
-  endif
+!  if((mod(ihsym,100).eq.0 .or. ihsym.ge.nstop-100) .and.       &
+!       k0.ne.99999999) then
+!     call system_clock(count1,clkfreq)
+!     dtime=dfloat(count1-count0)/dfloat(clkfreq)
+!     if(dtime.lt.28.0) return
+!     if(dtime.gt.1.d-6) fsample=(k-3456)/dtime
+!     call date_and_time(values=itime)
+!     sec=itime(7)+0.001*itime(8)
+!     write(ctime,3000) itime(5)-itime(4)/60,itime(6),sec
+!3000 format(i2.2,':',i2.2,':',f6.3)
+!     write(33,3033) ctime,dtime,ihsym,nstop,k,fsample
+!3033 format(a12,f12.6,2i7,i10,f15.3)
+!     flush(33)
+!  endif
   k0=k
 
   return