diff --git a/Geo/discreteDiskFace.cpp b/Geo/discreteDiskFace.cpp
index 77229c52bfb7568cf038ad297255a34863f78884..eff590d77ee18f76474cff015e5057ce9fab9308 100644
--- a/Geo/discreteDiskFace.cpp
+++ b/Geo/discreteDiskFace.cpp
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ double triangulation::geodesicDistance ()
     if (Fixed.size() == v2t.size())break;
   }
 
-
+  /*
   char name[256];
   sprintf(name,"geodesicDistance%d.pos",iter);
   FILE *f = fopen(name,"w");
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ double triangulation::geodesicDistance ()
   }
   fprintf(f,"};\n");
   fclose(f);
-
+  */
   return CLOSEST;
 }
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/extrude/sphere_discrete.geo b/benchmarks/extrude/sphere_discrete.geo
index 2dfe0da00adb10d38ef16966ad66058206e95826..f3bcd425fc7b3f00607c3b0c6870f46569bb0efc 100644
--- a/benchmarks/extrude/sphere_discrete.geo
+++ b/benchmarks/extrude/sphere_discrete.geo
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 General.MeshDiscrete=1 ;
-Merge "sphere.stl";
 
+// FIXME: re-add this once we have a good reparam
+
+//Merge "sphere.stl";
 //out[] = Extrude{
 // Surface{1}; Layers{5, 0.1}; Recombine;
 //};
-
-//the volume of the boundary layer is created
-//with the extrusion
-
-//here we create the volume of the inside of the sphere
+// the volume of the boundary layer is created with the extrusion
+// here we create the volume of the inside of the sphere
 //Surface Loop(100)={1};
 //Volume(101)={100};
diff --git a/tutorial/t13.geo b/tutorial/t13.geo
index f70ec02c551af1f6b37ec830b4f25f026478c4a8..7ab78936bbad37f60e518f3b06d87be39cfe62fe 100644
--- a/tutorial/t13.geo
+++ b/tutorial/t13.geo
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ ss[] = Surface {:};
 // discrete):
 Compound Surface{ss[]};
 
-// And we can create the volume based on the new compound entities
-Surface Loop(1) = {ss[]};
-Volume(1) = {1};
+// FIXME: re-add this when we use a good parametrization
+//Surface Loop(1) = {ss[]};
+//Volume(1) = {1};
 
 // element size imposed by a size field
 Field[1] = MathEval;