diff --git a/sleekxmpp/__init__.py b/sleekxmpp/__init__.py
index 8452e65d..cda228b1 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/__init__.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/__init__.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ClientXMPP(basexmpp, XMLStream):
 		self.sessionstarted = False
 		self.registerHandler(Callback('Stream Features', MatchXPath('{http://etherx.jabber.org/streams}features'), self._handleStreamFeatures, thread=True))
 		self.registerHandler(Callback('Roster Update', MatchXPath('{%s}iq/{jabber:iq:roster}query' % self.default_ns), self._handleRoster, thread=True))
-		self.registerHandler(Callback('Roster Update', MatchXMLMask("<presence xmlns='%s' type='subscribe' />" % self.default_ns), self._handlePresenceSubscribe, thread=True))
+		#self.registerHandler(Callback('Roster Update', MatchXMLMask("<presence xmlns='%s' type='subscribe' />" % self.default_ns), self._handlePresenceSubscribe, thread=True))
 		self.registerFeature("<starttls xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-tls' />", self.handler_starttls, True)
 		self.registerFeature("<mechanisms xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl' />", self.handler_sasl_auth, True)
 		self.registerFeature("<bind xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-bind' />", self.handler_bind_resource)