diff --git a/gossamer_forums.rb b/gossamer_forums.rb
index 0aa72c9..68548e8 100644
--- a/gossamer_forums.rb
+++ b/gossamer_forums.rb
@@ -62,33 +62,33 @@ class GossamerForumsImporter < ImportScripts::Base
     @db = SQLite3::Database.new '/bitnami/discourse/sqlite/id_name_url_map.db'
 
 ###### ONLY when we need to clear the url_map and topic_import_status .... e.g. if reimporting topics-posts from scratch
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS url_map;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_last_post_time;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_post_count;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS user_topic_count;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS user_post_count;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_last_post_user;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_post_numbers;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS highest_processed_post_id;
-    SQL
-    @db.execute <<-SQL
-      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_import_status;
-    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS url_map;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_last_post_time;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_post_count;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS user_topic_count;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS user_post_count;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_last_post_user;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_post_numbers;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS highest_processed_post_id;
+#    SQL
+#    @db.execute <<-SQL
+#      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topic_import_status;
+#    SQL
 #######
 
     # USER IMPORT - map of old to new user ids, used for topic-post import.