diff --git a/src/jlfrontend.scm b/src/jlfrontend.scm
index 0bfb20b234a3d..f565a6f298afd 100644
--- a/src/jlfrontend.scm
+++ b/src/jlfrontend.scm
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
                `(incomplete ,msg)
                e))
          (begin
-           (newline)
-           (display "unexpected error: ")
-           (prn e)
-           (print-stack-trace (stacktrace))
+           ;;(newline)
+           ;;(display "unexpected error: ")
+           ;;(prn e)
+           ;;(print-stack-trace (stacktrace))
            '(error "malformed expression"))))
    thk))