diff --git a/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c b/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c
index f61bd27d5ec062a57bc30c8546c300e90f1d9f97..1e93f753ef480014ebeb4325c8a7378b485eb864 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/scfglib1.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ BOOL read_msgs_cfg(scfg_t* cfg, read_cfg_text_t* txt)
 	#endif
 		fread(str,1,LEN_DIR+1,instream);   /* substitute EchoMail path */
 		offset+=LEN_DIR+1;
-	#ifndef SBBS
+	#if 0 /* ndef SBBS */
 		backslash(str);
 		strcpy(cfg->sub[i]->echopath,str);
 	#endif