diff --git a/gst/droidcamsrc/gstdroidcamsrcdev.c b/gst/droidcamsrc/gstdroidcamsrcdev.c
index 136c8ad..cf62aca 100644
--- a/gst/droidcamsrc/gstdroidcamsrcdev.c
+++ b/gst/droidcamsrc/gstdroidcamsrcdev.c
@@ -952,12 +958,14 @@ gst_droidcamsrc_dev_enable_face_detection (GstDroidCamSrcDev * dev,
     goto out;
   }

+#if 0
   /* TODO: this is SW only. We need to investigate HW too. */
   if (!droid_media_camera_enable_face_detection (dev->cam, DROID_MEDIA_CAMERA_FACE_DETECTION_SW,
                                                 enable ? true : false)) {
     GST_ERROR ("error enabling face detection");
     goto out;
   }
+#endif

   res = TRUE;