diff --git a/src/xspice/icm/xtradev/degmonitor/cfunc.mod b/src/xspice/icm/xtradev/degmonitor/cfunc.mod
index c9aa896fa..ce60958c2 100644
--- a/src/xspice/icm/xtradev/degmonitor/cfunc.mod
+++ b/src/xspice/icm/xtradev/degmonitor/cfunc.mod
@@ -185,9 +185,10 @@ void cm_degmon(ARGS)  /* structure holding parms,
         STATIC_VAR(prevtime) = (double *) malloc(sizeof(double));
         prevtime = (double *) STATIC_VAR(prevtime);
         *prevtime = 0.;
+/*
         cm_message_send(INSTNAME);
         cm_message_send(INSTMODNAME);
-
+*/
     }
     else {