diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverDirect.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverDirect.cpp
index 7bacd9310c..cfcb7880e4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverDirect.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageFileDriverDirect.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ bool RageFileObjDirect::FinalFlush()
 		SetError( strerror(errno) );
 		return false;
 	}
-
+#if 0
+	/* XXX: causing problems for some reason */
 	/* Wait for the directory to be flushed. */
 	int dirfd = open( Dirname(path), O_RDONLY );
 	if( dirfd == -1 )
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ bool RageFileObjDirect::FinalFlush()
 	}
 
 	close( dirfd );
+#endif
 
 	return true;
 }