diff --git a/frontend/src/components/model/classify.vue b/frontend/src/components/model/classify.vue
index f1b161b..c7cfdde 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/model/classify.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/model/classify.vue
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
                     <div id="canvasparent" />
                 </v-col>
             </v-row>
+            <!-- 
+            issue 89-disabling classification until it's actually useful
             <v-row
                 align="center"
                 justify="center"
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@
                     </div>
                 </Instructions>
             </v-row>
+            -->
         </v-card-text>
     </v-card>
 </template>
@@ -72,12 +75,12 @@ import { defineComponent } from 'vue'
 import { SaveData } from '@/lib/models'
 import { DrawCanvas } from '@/lib/draw'
 import { useCanvas, useAppStore } from '@/lib/store'
-import Instructions from '@/components/classify_instructions.vue'
+// import Instructions from '@/components/classify_instructions.vue'
 
 export default defineComponent({
     name: 'Classify',
     components: {
-        Instructions,
+        // Instructions,
     },
     props: {
         sdata: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/draw/canvas.ts b/frontend/src/lib/draw/canvas.ts
index 5d49734..a90dc5c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/draw/canvas.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/draw/canvas.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { fromEvent, Subject } from 'rxjs'
 import {
     Rect,
-    useMoveActions,
-    useNewDrawActions,
+    // issue 89 - disabling until we actually do something with classification
+    // useMoveActions,
+    // useNewDrawActions,
     useHoverHighLightActions,
     CanvasColorSchema,
     IRect,
@@ -156,8 +157,8 @@ export class DrawCanvas {
                 this.resetStyles()
                 this.redraw()
                 if (!this.is_tf) {
-                    useMoveActions(this)()
-                    useNewDrawActions(this)()
+                    // useMoveActions(this)()
+                    // useNewDrawActions(this)()
                     useHoverHighLightActions(this)()
                     this.eventSubscribe()
                 }