diff --git a/indra/llui/llnotifications.cpp b/indra/llui/llnotifications.cpp
index ef222bad608cad3379b25c5c964964acb4a4312a..eb8cc3e2c5007f697f07d2d9a09924f56f000071 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llnotifications.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llnotifications.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ class LLNotificationHistoryChannel : public LLNotificationChannel
 
 	void savePersistentNotifications()
 	{
+		/* NOTE: As of 2009-11-09 the reload of notifications on startup does not
+		work, and has not worked for months.  Skip saving notifications until the
+		read can be fixed, because this hits the disk once per notification and
+		causes log spam.  James
+
 		llinfos << "Saving open notifications to " << mFileName << llendl;
 
 		llofstream notify_file(mFileName.c_str());
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ class LLNotificationHistoryChannel : public LLNotificationChannel
 
 		LLPointer<LLSDFormatter> formatter = new LLSDXMLFormatter();
 		formatter->format(output, notify_file, LLSDFormatter::OPTIONS_PRETTY);
+		*/
 	}
 
 	void loadPersistentNotifications()