diff --git a/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py b/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py
index 5be008816416b68bd52fc8f29f48ac72efc7a0b8..6ba579883d70c713eb21b00068573435048b75a5 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py
@@ -22,23 +22,23 @@ import site
 
 # if uid is zero then install in root paths. Else install it in user path.
 
-print( '[INFO] Overwriting --prefix ' )
-try:
-    prefixLoc = sys.argv.index( '--prefix' )
-    del sys.argv[ prefixLoc ]
-    del sys.argv[ prefixLoc ]
-except Exception as e:
-    pass
-
-uid = os.getuid( )
-if uid == 0:
-    # Here comes the root.
-    print( '   called by sudo' )
-    sys.argv += [ '--prefix', '/usr' ]
-else:
-    sys.argv += [ '--prefix', site.getuserbase( ) ]
-
-print( sys.argv )
+#print( '[INFO] Overwriting --prefix ' )
+#try:
+#    prefixLoc = sys.argv.index( '--prefix' )
+#    del sys.argv[ prefixLoc ]
+#    del sys.argv[ prefixLoc ]
+#except Exception as e:
+#    pass
+#
+#uid = os.getuid( )
+#if uid == 0:
+#    # Here comes the root.
+#    print( '   called by sudo' )
+#    sys.argv += [ '--prefix', '/usr' ]
+#else:
+#    sys.argv += [ '--prefix', site.getuserbase( ) ]
+#
+#print( sys.argv )
 
 from distutils.core import setup