diff --git a/client/birdc.c b/client/birdc.c
index f1aea2fe..a682c9fe 100644
--- a/client/birdc.c
+++ b/client/birdc.c
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ history_init(void)
 void
 input_init(void)
 {
-  if (interactive)
-    history_init();
+//  if (interactive)
+//    history_init();
   rl_readline_name = "birdc";
   rl_add_defun("bird-complete", input_complete, '\t');
   rl_add_defun("bird-help", input_help, '?');
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ cleanup(void)
     return;
 
   input_hide();
-  if (interactive)
-    write_history(history_file);
+//  if (interactive)
+//    write_history(history_file);
   rl_callback_handler_remove();
 }