diff --git a/DDCond/include/DDCond/ConditionsTreePersistency.h b/DDCond/include/DDCond/ConditionsTreePersistency.h
index 039050c734cc7f371b13c9967017994f180ba569..95ec3fb6294872ad07e5f683f11bb2d20a2594a0 100644
--- a/DDCond/include/DDCond/ConditionsTreePersistency.h
+++ b/DDCond/include/DDCond/ConditionsTreePersistency.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#if 0
 //==========================================================================
 //  AIDA Detector description implementation 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -140,3 +141,4 @@ namespace dd4hep {
   }        /* End namespace cond                            */
 }          /* End namespace dd4hep                          */
 #endif     /* DD4HEP_CONDITIONS_CONDITIONSTREEPERSISTENCY_H */
+#endif
diff --git a/DDCond/src/ConditionsDictionary.h b/DDCond/src/ConditionsDictionary.h
index 404f817cf992441edb4c1cf011db286c9d3578ab..50e12ca56748005be4ae275b696d9096133d98f7 100644
--- a/DDCond/src/ConditionsDictionary.h
+++ b/DDCond/src/ConditionsDictionary.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ using namespace dd4hep;
 //#pragma link C++ class std::list<cond::ConditionsRootPersistency::IOVPool>+;
 
 #pragma link C++ class cond::ConditionsRootPersistency+;
-#pragma link C++ class cond::ConditionsTreePersistency+;
+//#pragma link C++ class cond::ConditionsTreePersistency+;
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/DDCond/src/ConditionsTreePersistency.cpp b/DDCond/src/ConditionsTreePersistency.cpp
index 23868711afdf538fe26bc4beb0a200efc8e76e0b..dfb99c3317d386bd826e486d69435a1c57a5b4a2 100644
--- a/DDCond/src/ConditionsTreePersistency.cpp
+++ b/DDCond/src/ConditionsTreePersistency.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // Author     : M.Frank
 //
 //==========================================================================
-
+#if 0
 // Framework include files
 #include "DD4hep/Printout.h"
 #include "DDCond/ConditionsSlice.h"
@@ -315,3 +315,4 @@ int ConditionsTreePersistency::save(const string& fname)    {
   }
   return -1;
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/examples/Conditions/src/ConditionExample_load.cpp b/examples/Conditions/src/ConditionExample_load.cpp
index 5b51d74ae90be42b935c1397585a3cf25c3f8dd8..618d6ab2e24933d10802b55a7295401be88a52de 100644
--- a/examples/Conditions/src/ConditionExample_load.cpp
+++ b/examples/Conditions/src/ConditionExample_load.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ static int condition_example (Detector& description, int argc, char** argv)  {
   Scanner(ConditionsDependencyCreator(*content,DEBUG),description.world());
 
   /******************** Load the conditions from file *********************/
+  printout(INFO,"ConditionsExample","+  Start conditions import from ROOT object(s): %s",
+           conditions.c_str());
   try  {
     auto pers = cond::ConditionsRootPersistency::load(conditions.c_str(),"DD4hep Conditions");
     printout(ALWAYS,"Statistics","+=========================================================================");