diff --git a/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc b/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc
index af4cb13..6a243e7 100644
--- a/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc
+++ b/src/BackgroundRenderer.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ void BackgroundRenderer::drawChar(GfxState *state, double x, double y,
   double originX, double originY,
   CharCode code, int nBytes, Unicode *u, int uLen)
 {
-    SplashOutputDev::drawChar(state,x,y,dx,dy,originX,originY,code, nBytes, u, uLen);
+//SplashOutputDev::drawChar(state,x,y,dx,dy,originX,originY,code, nBytes, u, uLen);
 }