diff --git a/src/Project.cpp b/src/Project.cpp
index f14c29839..5c0739f57 100644
--- a/src/Project.cpp
+++ b/src/Project.cpp
@@ -3268,6 +3268,20 @@ void AudacityProject::UnlockAllBlocks()
    }
 }
 
+#if 0
+// I added this to "fix" bug #334.  At that time, we were on wxWidgets 2.8.12 and
+// there was a window between the closing of the "Save" progress dialog and the
+// end of the actual save where the user was able to close the project window and
+// recursively enter the Save code (where they could inadvertently cause the issue
+// described in #334).
+//
+// When we converted to wx3, this "disabler" caused focus problems when returning
+// to the project after the save (bug #1172) because the focus and activate events
+// weren't being dispatched and the focus would get lost.
+//
+// After some testing, it looks like the window described above no longer exists,
+// so I've disabled the disabler.  However, I'm leaving it here in case we run
+// into the problem in the future.  (even though it can't be used as-is)
 class ProjectDisabler
 {
 public:
@@ -3283,12 +3297,14 @@ public:
 private:
    wxWindow *mWindow;
 };
+#endif
 
 bool AudacityProject::Save(bool overwrite /* = true */ ,
                            bool fromSaveAs /* = false */,
                            bool bWantSaveCompressed /*= false*/)
 {
-   ProjectDisabler disabler(this);
+   // See explanation above
+   // ProjectDisabler disabler(this);
 
    if (bWantSaveCompressed)
       wxASSERT(fromSaveAs);