diff --git a/manual/preamble.tex b/manual/preamble.tex
index 3339e8833a..93eb8fc067 100644
--- a/manual/preamble.tex
+++ b/manual/preamble.tex
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
 \usepackage{rotating}
 
 % mark this ad draft version (only for pdflatex) -- comment this out at release
-\ifpdfoutput{
-  \usepackage{pdfdraftcopy}
-  \draftstring{DRAFT VERSION}
-%   \draftangle{45}
-  }
+%\ifpdfoutput{
+%  \usepackage{pdfdraftcopy}
+%  \draftstring{DRAFT VERSION}
+%%   \draftangle{45}
+%  }
 
 % pdf output: try pdf first, then png and jpg as file format
 % html output: try png first, then jpg. Ignore pdf files