diff --git a/test/unit/test_web.py b/test/unit/test_web.py
index f729304c1c..193b27f9ba 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_web.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_web.py
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ def normalise_generated(self, s):
     def compare_with_reference(self, refname, generated):
         reffile = path(__file__).dirname() / "reference_templates" / refname
         generated = generated.split("\n")
-        reffile.write_lines(generated)
+        # Temporarily uncomment the following line to regenerate the templates
+        # reffile.write_lines(generated)
         ref = reffile.lines(retain=False)
         d = "\n".join(unified_diff(ref, generated))
         return d