diff --git a/src/micado/toolbox/python_from_vodml.py b/src/micado/toolbox/python_from_vodml.py
index 641a90a5143e7e4f791939874de2c74ef83a4aaf..cc6f330cb13dc3dc3f2da5cbc58021172cfb0f27 100644
--- a/src/micado/toolbox/python_from_vodml.py
+++ b/src/micado/toolbox/python_from_vodml.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ from micado.config.Environment import Env
 from micado.util.esokeywords import esokeywords
 from micado.util.irdb import irdb_from_class_attr
 
-USE_SQLALCHEMY = Env["database_engine"] == "sqlalchemy"
+# USE_SQLALCHEMY = Env["database_engine"] == "sqlalchemy"
+USE_SQLALCHEMY = False
 
 S_GENERATED = "This file is automatically generated."