diff --git a/arangod/Aql/Executor/TraversalExecutor.cpp b/arangod/Aql/Executor/TraversalExecutor.cpp
index 3652e5a0ea26..2e8840ce2823 100644
--- a/arangod/Aql/Executor/TraversalExecutor.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Aql/Executor/TraversalExecutor.cpp
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ bool TraversalExecutor::initTraverser(AqlItemBlockInputRange& input) {
     } else {
       // prepare index
       _ast.clearMost();
-      traversalEnumerator()->prepareIndexExpressions(&_ast);
+      // traversalEnumerator()->prepareIndexExpressions(&_ast);
 
       // start actual search
       traversalEnumerator()->reset(toHashedStringRef(