diff --git a/templates/default/xdebug.ini.erb b/templates/default/xdebug.ini.erb
index 81cbc0aa2afd26da8e37fc06f77d5c370ca4f426..7a582e70a6e81d55f865654d1cae1943ad772632 100644
--- a/templates/default/xdebug.ini.erb
+++ b/templates/default/xdebug.ini.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ; Generated automatically by Chef
 ; (see https://github.com/derickr/xdebug/blob/master/xdebug.ini for more information)
 
-zend_extension = <%= Mixlib::ShellOut.new("php -i | grep extension_dir | awk 'NR==1 {print $(NF)}'").run_command.stdout.strip %>/xdebug.so
+;zend_extension = <%= Mixlib::ShellOut.new("php -i | grep extension_dir | awk 'NR==1 {print $(NF)}'").run_command.stdout.strip %>/xdebug.so
 
 ; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; xdebug.auto_trace