diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6a7f6d4..e2a92f1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_nvshmem_host_lib_name(base_dir):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    disable_nvshmem = False
+    disable_nvshmem = True
     nvshmem_dir = os.getenv('NVSHMEM_DIR', None)
     nvshmem_host_lib = 'libnvshmem_host.so'
     if nvshmem_dir is None: