diff --git a/src/simage_gif.c b/src/simage_gif.c
index 0819ef8..f959127 100644
--- a/src/simage_gif.c
+++ b/src/simage_gif.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define DGifOpenFileName(gif) DGifOpenFileName(gif, NULL)
 #define EGifOpenFileName(gif, exist) EGifOpenFileName(gif, exist, NULL)
 //see https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/mailman/message/29367749/
-#define QuantizeBuffer GifQuantizeBuffer
+//#define QuantizeBuffer GifQuantizeBuffer
 #define MakeMapObject GifMakeMapObject
 #define FreeMapObject GifFreeMapObject
 #endif
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ simage_gif_save(const char * filename,
     free(outbuf);
     return 0;
   }
-
+/*
   if (QuantizeBuffer(width, height, &colormapsize,
                      rgbbuf, &rgbbuf[bufsize], &rgbbuf[bufsize*2],
                      outbuf, cmapobj->Colors) == GIF_ERROR) {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ simage_gif_save(const char * filename,
     FreeMapObject(cmapobj);
     return 0;
   }
-
+*/
   /* open gif file and overwrite any existing file */
   if (!(giffile = EGifOpenFileName(filename, FALSE))) {
     giferror = ERR_OPEN;