diff --git a/go/metastore/etcd_backing.go b/go/metastore/etcd_backing.go
index d0f47e387..7d4a5aef6 100644
--- a/go/metastore/etcd_backing.go
+++ b/go/metastore/etcd_backing.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build ignore
+
 package metastore
 
 import (
diff --git a/go/sequence/sequence.go b/go/sequence/sequence.go
index bbc4bdf82..d86d88385 100644
--- a/go/sequence/sequence.go
+++ b/go/sequence/sequence.go
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ func NewFileSequencer(filepath string) (m *SequencerImpl) {
 	return
 }
 
-func NewEtcdSequencer(etcdCluster string) (m *SequencerImpl) {
-	m = &SequencerImpl{fileFullPath: "/weedfs/default/sequence"}
-	m.metaStore = &metastore.MetaStore{metastore.NewMetaStoreEtcdBacking(etcdCluster)}
-	m.initilize()
-	return
-}
+//func NewEtcdSequencer(etcdCluster string) (m *SequencerImpl) {
+//	m = &SequencerImpl{fileFullPath: "/weedfs/default/sequence"}
+//	m.metaStore = &metastore.MetaStore{metastore.NewMetaStoreEtcdBacking(etcdCluster)}
+//	m.initilize()
+//	return
+//}
 
 func (m *SequencerImpl) initilize() {
 	if !m.metaStore.Has(m.fileFullPath) {
diff --git a/go/weed/master.go b/go/weed/master.go
index 3beecaaf9..4fff9c2dd 100644
--- a/go/weed/master.go
+++ b/go/weed/master.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 	mMaxCpu               = cmdMaster.Flag.Int("maxCpu", 0, "maximum number of CPUs. 0 means all available CPUs")
 	garbageThreshold      = cmdMaster.Flag.String("garbageThreshold", "0.3", "threshold to vacuum and reclaim spaces")
 	masterWhiteListOption = cmdMaster.Flag.String("whiteList", "", "comma separated Ip addresses having write permission. No limit if empty.")
-	etcdCluster           = cmdMaster.Flag.String("etcd", "", "comma separated etcd urls, e.g., http://localhost:4001, See github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd")
+	//etcdCluster           = cmdMaster.Flag.String("etcd", "", "comma separated etcd urls, e.g., http://localhost:4001, See github.com/coreos/go-etcd/etcd")
 
 	masterWhiteList []string
 )
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ func runMaster(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
 		masterWhiteList = strings.Split(*masterWhiteListOption, ",")
 	}
 	var seq sequence.Sequencer
-	if len(*etcdCluster) == 0 {
-		seq = sequence.NewFileSequencer(path.Join(*metaFolder, "weed.seq"))
-	} else {
-		seq = sequence.NewEtcdSequencer(*etcdCluster)
-	}
+	//if len(*etcdCluster) == 0 {
+	seq = sequence.NewFileSequencer(path.Join(*metaFolder, "weed.seq"))
+	//} else {
+	//	seq = sequence.NewEtcdSequencer(*etcdCluster)
+	//}
 	var e error
 	if topo, e = topology.NewTopology("topo", *confFile, seq,
 		uint64(*volumeSizeLimitMB)*1024*1024, *mpulse); e != nil {