--- src/bin/sage-env.orig	2020-10-28 20:36:07 UTC
+++ src/bin/sage-env
@@ -454,16 +454,16 @@ unset R_HOME
 unset R_PROFILE
 # Do not use the global Makevars.site and ~/.R/Makevars when installing R packages
 # Provide empty files to appease some R packages' installation scripts.
-if [ -d "$SAGE_LOCAL/lib/R/share" ] ; then
-   R_MAKEVARS_SITE="$SAGE_LOCAL/lib/R/share/Makevars.site" && export R_MAKEVARS_SITE
-   if ! [ -f "$R_MAKEVARS_SITE" ] ; then
-       if ! [ -e "$R_MAKEVARS_SITE" ] ; then
-           echo "## Empty site-wide Makevars file for Sage's R" > "$R_MAKEVARS_SITE"
-       else
-           >&2 echo "Warning: $R_MAKEVARS_SITE exists and is not a file : trouble ahead..."
-       fi
-   fi
-fi
+#if [ -d "$SAGE_LOCAL/lib/R/share" ] ; then
+#   R_MAKEVARS_SITE="$SAGE_LOCAL/lib/R/share/Makevars.site" && export R_MAKEVARS_SITE
+#   if ! [ -f "$R_MAKEVARS_SITE" ] ; then
+#       if ! [ -e "$R_MAKEVARS_SITE" ] ; then
+#           echo "## Empty site-wide Makevars file for Sage's R" > "$R_MAKEVARS_SITE"
+#       else
+#           >&2 echo "Warning: $R_MAKEVARS_SITE exists and is not a file : trouble ahead..."
+#       fi
+#   fi
+#fi
 if [ -d "$DOT_SAGE" ] ; then
     if ! [ -d "$DOT_SAGE/R" ] ; then
         if ! [ -e  "$DOT_SAGE/R" ] ; then