diff --git a/nc_cxx.cmake b/nc_cxx.cmake
index 6549cd7..eb2164c 100644
--- a/nc_cxx.cmake
+++ b/nc_cxx.cmake
@@ -40,29 +40,29 @@ append_compile_flag ("-stdlib=libc++")
 # hardcoded guess and doesn't respect _all_ the system paths; specifically
 # something like /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/6.3.0/libstdc++.so won't get
 # discovered.
-if (NOT DEFINED __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
-    foreach(lib "" "c++fs" "c++experimental" "stdc++fs")
-        message (STATUS "Trying c++fs library '${lib}'")
-        try_compile(
-            __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-        SOURCES
-            ${NC_CMAKE_BASE}/nc_cxx_stdcxxfs.cpp
-        LINK_LIBRARIES
-            ${lib}
-        )
-
-        if (__nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
-            set (__nc_cxx_stdcxxfs "${lib}" CACHE INTERNAL "library required for c++ filesystem")
-            break ()
-        endif ()
-    endforeach()
-
-    if (NOT DEFINED __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
-        message (FATAL_ERROR "Could not locate the required c++fs library")
-    endif ()
-
-    message (STATUS "Using c++fs library ${__nc_cxx_stdcxxfs}")
-endif ()
+#if (NOT DEFINED __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
+#    foreach(lib "" "c++fs" "c++experimental" "stdc++fs")
+#        message (STATUS "Trying c++fs library '${lib}'")
+#        try_compile(
+#            __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+#        SOURCES
+#            ${NC_CMAKE_BASE}/nc_cxx_stdcxxfs.cpp
+#        LINK_LIBRARIES
+#            ${lib}
+#        )
+#
+#        if (__nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
+#            set (__nc_cxx_stdcxxfs "${lib}" CACHE INTERNAL "library required for c++ filesystem")
+#            break ()
+#        endif ()
+#    endforeach()
+#
+#    if (NOT DEFINED __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs)
+#        message (FATAL_ERROR "Could not locate the required c++fs library")
+#    endif ()
+#
+#    message (STATUS "Using c++fs library ${__nc_cxx_stdcxxfs}")
+#endif ()
 
 set(NC_CXX_STDCXXFS ${__nc_cxx_stdcxxfs})