diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java b/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java
index eaddb47fb..a3c4e4641 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public abstract class FieldMarshaller
             createMarshallers();
         }
 
+        if (false) { // TEMP DISABLE
+
         // first look to see if this field has custom reader/writer methods
         Method reader = null, writer = null;
         try {
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ public abstract class FieldMarshaller
             // fall through to using reflection on the fields...
         }
 
+        } // END TEMP DISABLE
+
         Class ftype = field.getType();
         if (ftype.isInterface()) {
             // if the class is a pure interface, use Object.