diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/collections/SharedHashMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/collections/SharedHashMapBuilder.java
index f2bc1add6..861f824bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/collections/SharedHashMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/collections/SharedHashMapBuilder.java
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ public class SharedHashMapBuilder<K, V> implements Cloneable {
     private boolean canReplicate;
     byte identifier = Byte.MIN_VALUE;
     TcpReplicatorBuilder tcpReplicatorBuilder;
-    ExternalReplicatorBuilder externalReplicatorBuilder;
+ //   ExternalReplicatorBuilder externalReplicatorBuilder;
 
     private TimeProvider timeProvider = TimeProvider.SYSTEM;
     UdpReplicatorBuilder udpReplicatorBuilder;
     private BytesMarshallerFactory bytesMarshallerFactory;
     private ObjectSerializer objectSerializer;
-    ExternalReplicator externalReplicator;
+    //ExternalReplicator externalReplicator;
     File file;
     Class kClass;
     Class vClass;
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ public class SharedHashMapBuilder<K, V> implements Cloneable {
         final VanillaSharedReplicatedHashMap<K, V> result =
                 new VanillaSharedReplicatedHashMap<K, V>(builder, kClass, vClass);
 
-        if (externalReplicatorBuilder != null)
+    /*    if (externalReplicatorBuilder != null)
             externalReplicator = applyExternalReplicator(result, externalReplicatorBuilder, kClass, vClass);
-
+*/
         if (tcpReplicatorBuilder != null)
             applyTcpReplication(result, tcpReplicatorBuilder);
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ public class SharedHashMapBuilder<K, V> implements Cloneable {
     }
 
 
-    <K, V> ExternalReplicator.AbstractExternalReplicator applyExternalReplicator
+ /*   <K, V> ExternalReplicator.AbstractExternalReplicator applyExternalReplicator
             (VanillaSharedReplicatedHashMap<K, V> map,
              ExternalReplicatorBuilder builder,
              Class<K> kClass,
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ public class SharedHashMapBuilder<K, V> implements Cloneable {
 
         return null;
     }
-
+*/
 
     <K, V> void applyUdpReplication(VanillaSharedReplicatedHashMap<K, V> result,
                                     UdpReplicatorBuilder udpReplicatorBuilder)
@@ -749,14 +749,14 @@ public class SharedHashMapBuilder<K, V> implements Cloneable {
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SharedHashMapBuilder externalReplicatorBuilder(@NotNull ExternalReplicatorBuilder externalReplicatorBuilder) {
+/*    public SharedHashMapBuilder externalReplicatorBuilder(@NotNull ExternalReplicatorBuilder externalReplicatorBuilder) {
         this.externalReplicatorBuilder = externalReplicatorBuilder;
         return this;
     }
 
     public <T extends ExternalReplicator> T externalReplicator() {
         return (T) externalReplicator;
-    }
+    }*/
 
 }