diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/UiWebSocket.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/UiWebSocket.java
index d1d7950..38af57d 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/UiWebSocket.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/UiWebSocket.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 import org.onosproject.ui.UiMessageHandler;
 import org.onosproject.ui.UiMessageHandlerFactory;
 import org.onosproject.ui.UiTopoOverlayFactory;
-import org.onosproject.ui.impl.topo.UiTopoSession;
-import org.onosproject.ui.impl.topo.model.UiSharedTopologyModel;
 import org.onosproject.ui.topo.TopoConstants;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@
 
     private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
     private final ServiceDirectory directory;
-    private final UiTopoSession topoSession;
+//    private final UiTopoSession topoSession;
 
     private Connection connection;
     private FrameConnection control;
@@ -85,8 +83,8 @@
     public UiWebSocket(ServiceDirectory directory, String userName) {
         this.directory = directory;
         this.userName = userName;
-        this.topoSession =
-                new UiTopoSession(this, directory.get(UiSharedTopologyModel.class));
+//        this.topoSession =
+//                new UiTopoSession(this, directory.get(UiSharedTopologyModel.class));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@
         this.connection = connection;
         this.control = (FrameConnection) connection;
         try {
-            topoSession.init();
+//            topoSession.init();
             createHandlersAndOverlays();
             sendBootstrapData();
             log.info("GUI client connected -- user <{}>", userName);
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public synchronized void onClose(int closeCode, String message) {
-        topoSession.destroy();
+//        topoSession.destroy();
         destroyHandlersAndOverlays();
         log.info("GUI client disconnected [close-code={}, message={}]",
                 closeCode, message);
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/model/UiSharedTopologyModel.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/model/UiSharedTopologyModel.java
index 48ae42f..7dca64e 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/model/UiSharedTopologyModel.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/model/UiSharedTopologyModel.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 /**
  * Service that creates and maintains the UI-model of the network topology.
  */
-@Component(immediate = true)
+@Component(immediate = true, enabled = false)
 @Service(value = UiSharedTopologyModel.class)
 public final class UiSharedTopologyModel
         extends AbstractListenerManager<UiModelEvent, UiModelListener> {