diff --git a/src/frontend/misccoms.c b/src/frontend/misccoms.c
index 7f57d5243..c795c6675 100644
--- a/src/frontend/misccoms.c
+++ b/src/frontend/misccoms.c
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ com_quit(wordlist *wl)
     }
 #endif
 
-    DevSwitch(NULL);
-    DevSwitch(NULL);
+/* remove because of memory leak in X11 */
+/*    DevSwitch(NULL);
+    DevSwitch(NULL);*/
 
     /* then go away */