diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseLoci.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseLoci.java
index 07a84519e..ead8af735 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseLoci.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseLoci.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class TraverseLoci extends TraversalEngine {
 
             //ReferenceOrderedView referenceOrderedDataView = new ReferenceOrderedView( dataProvider );
             ReferenceOrderedView referenceOrderedDataView = null;
-            if ( ! GenomeAnalysisEngine.instance.getArguments().enableRodWalkers || WalkerManager.getWalkerDataSource(walker) != DataSource.REFERENCE_ORDERED_DATA )
+            if (  /* ! GenomeAnalysisEngine.instance.getArguments().enableRodWalkers || */ WalkerManager.getWalkerDataSource(walker) != DataSource.REFERENCE_ORDERED_DATA )
                 referenceOrderedDataView = new ManagingReferenceOrderedView( dataProvider );
             else
                 referenceOrderedDataView = (RodLocusView)locusView;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class TraverseLoci extends TraversalEngine {
 
             // We have a final map call to execute here to clean up the skipped based from the
             // last position in the ROD to that in the interval
-        if ( GenomeAnalysisEngine.instance.getArguments().enableRodWalkers && WalkerManager.getWalkerDataSource(walker) == DataSource.REFERENCE_ORDERED_DATA ) {
+        if ( /* GenomeAnalysisEngine.instance.getArguments().enableRodWalkers && */ WalkerManager.getWalkerDataSource(walker) == DataSource.REFERENCE_ORDERED_DATA ) {
             RodLocusView rodLocusView = (RodLocusView)locusView;
             long nSkipped = rodLocusView.getLastSkippedBases();
             if ( nSkipped > 0 ) {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class TraverseLoci extends TraversalEngine {
         DataSource dataSource = WalkerManager.getWalkerDataSource(walker);
         if( dataSource == DataSource.READS )
             return new CoveredLocusView(dataProvider);
-        else if( dataSource == DataSource.REFERENCE || ! GenomeAnalysisEngine.instance.getArguments().enableRodWalkers )
+        else if( dataSource == DataSource.REFERENCE ) //|| ! GenomeAnalysisEngine.instance.getArguments().enableRodWalkers )
             return new AllLocusView(dataProvider);
         else if( dataSource == DataSource.REFERENCE_ORDERED_DATA )
             return new RodLocusView(dataProvider);