diff --git a/examples/soak.c b/examples/soak.c
index f00acfb..bb9bda1 100644
--- a/examples/soak.c
+++ b/examples/soak.c
@@ -805,7 +805,8 @@ main()
       size_t len = COUNT;
       // The largest page is at list[1] because this is a reverse sorted list.
       pgno_t pg = list[0] ? list[1] + 1 : 0;
-      if (toss(6) + 1 < 7) {
+//      if (toss(6) + 1 < 7) {
+      if (true) { // disable shrinking for now...
         MDB_IDL new_list = mdb_midl_alloc(len);
         sparsemap_t *new_map = sparsemap(INITIAL_AMOUNT);
         for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {