diff --git a/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh b/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh
index 986d1d35e67e31ead7bbd88755a1500e20fbbb71..42ac855135e6fb2a68b99f82a0b1c975983d0ce3 100755
--- a/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh
+++ b/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 install()
 {
     yum -y update  && \
-	yum -y install openssl-devel.x86_64 && \
+	#yum -y install openssl-devel.x86_64 && \
     yum -y install patch && \
     yum -y install csh && \
     yum -y install zlib-devel.x86_64 && \