diff --git a/repl/src/main/scala/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala b/repl/src/main/scala/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala
index 1abcc8131c27e2e93eec011f81e70dd4f03db8b2..904a72244f1217e8714f3a8b2bab5526e3480625 100644
--- a/repl/src/main/scala/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala
+++ b/repl/src/main/scala/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ class SparkILoop(in0: Option[BufferedReader], protected val out: JPrintWriter,
     intp.reporter printMessage msg
   }
 
-  def isAsync = !settings.Yreplsync.value
+  // def isAsync = !settings.Yreplsync.value
+  def isAsync = false
   // lazy val power = new Power(intp, new StdReplVals(this))(tagOfStdReplVals, classTag[StdReplVals])
   def history = in.history