diff --git a/storage/tokudb/ft-index/portability/huge_page_detection.cc b/storage/tokudb/ft-index/portability/huge_page_detection.cc
index ca428987486..ea0eb568e4c 100644
--- a/storage/tokudb/ft-index/portability/huge_page_detection.cc
+++ b/storage/tokudb/ft-index/portability/huge_page_detection.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static bool check_huge_pages_config_file(const char *fname)
 static bool check_huge_pages_in_practice(void)
 // Effect: Return true if huge pages appear to be defined in practice.
 {
+  return false; // disabled, doesn't seem to work on newest distros
 #ifdef HAVE_MINCORE    
 #ifdef HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS    
     const int map_anonymous = MAP_ANONYMOUS;