diff --git a/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc b/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc
index c0e0c05bd..06f25d512 100644
--- a/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc
+++ b/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ private:
             params.wavelet.strength =
                 int(float(params.wavelet.strength) * tmpScale);
             params.dirpyrDenoise.luma *= tmpScale;
-            params.dirpyrDenoise.smethod = "shal";
+            //params.dirpyrDenoise.smethod = "shal";
 
             const double dirpyreq_scale = min(tmpScale * 1.5, 1.0);
             for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {