diff --git a/app/views/layouts/site.rhtml b/app/views/layouts/site.rhtml
index 91fcea0ea..7c0a0c20c 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/site.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/site.rhtml
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@
       </div>
       <% end %>
 
+      <% if 0 %>
       <div id="donate">
         Support OpenStreetMap by
         <a href="http://donate.openstreetmap.org/">donating</a>
         to the Hardware Upgrade Fund.
       </div>
+      <% end %>
 
       <div id="left_menu" class="left_menu">
         <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org">Help &amp; Wiki</a><br />