diff --git a/examples/benchmarks/sd_static.cpp b/examples/benchmarks/sd_static.cpp
index 4396fb6fe128c08ee225885a23040f1a76d24402..9da037e7f498115855764aede894f43d69f58486 100644
--- a/examples/benchmarks/sd_static.cpp
+++ b/examples/benchmarks/sd_static.cpp
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         std::cout << "PUPS: " << pups << std::endl;
     }
     
-    pairs::vtk_write_data(pairs_runtime, "output/local_spheres", 0, pairs_sim->nlocal(), 0);
-    pairs::vtk_write_data(pairs_runtime, "output/ghost_spheres", pairs_sim->nlocal(), pairs_sim->size(), 0);
+    // pairs::vtk_write_data(pairs_runtime, "output/local_spheres", 0, pairs_sim->nlocal(), 0);
+    // pairs::vtk_write_data(pairs_runtime, "output/ghost_spheres", pairs_sim->nlocal(), pairs_sim->size(), 0);
     
     pairs_sim->end();
 }
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