diff --git a/services/src/main/resources/config-spring-geonetwork.xml b/services/src/main/resources/config-spring-geonetwork.xml
index 33f965c8d9f..670c63f4ea7 100644
--- a/services/src/main/resources/config-spring-geonetwork.xml
+++ b/services/src/main/resources/config-spring-geonetwork.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
     <property name="thesaurusName" value="external.place.regions"/>
   </bean>
 
-  <bean id="MetadataRegionsDAO" class="org.fao.geonet.api.regions.MetadataRegionDAO">
+  <!--<bean id="MetadataRegionsDAO" class="org.fao.geonet.api.regions.MetadataRegionDAO">
     <property name="cacheAllRegionsInMemory" value="false"/>
-  </bean>
+  </bean>-->
 
   <bean id="InspireValidatorUtils"
         class="org.fao.geonet.inspire.validator.InspireValidatorUtils"