diff --git a/src/MNH/spawn_zs.f90 b/src/MNH/spawn_zs.f90
index 830d2cb4939bb237ce277eba16be7afa87236829..e1f1ae59adabb302cf0dee893e261ee88b86851a 100644
--- a/src/MNH/spawn_zs.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/spawn_zs.f90
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ CALL BIKHARDT (XBMX1,XBMX2,XBMX3,XBMX4,XBMY1,XBMY2,XBMY3,XBMY4, &
 !  spurious cliffs near the coast (multiplication by xland during the
 !  iterative process).
 !
-IF (KDXRATIO/=1 .OR. KDYRATIO/=1) THEN
+!!$IF (KDXRATIO/=1 .OR. KDYRATIO/=1) THEN
 !
 !* allocations
 ! <<<<<<< spawn_zs.f90
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ IF (KDXRATIO/=1 .OR. KDYRATIO/=1) THEN
   DEALLOCATE(ZZS2_C)
   DEALLOCATE(ZDZS_C)
   DEALLOCATE(ZZS1_C)
-END IF
+!!$END IF
 !
 IF (PRESENT(PZS2_LS)) PZS2_LS(:,:)=ZZS2_LS(:,:)
 DEALLOCATE(ZZS2_LS)