diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-harperdb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-harperdb/pom.xml
index 318f4b7460..7340aa4dbc 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-harperdb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-harperdb/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
             <artifactId>java-harperdb</artifactId>
             <version>${haperdb-driver.version}</version>
             <scope>system</scope>
+            <!-- download the JDBC lib from https://www.cdata.com/drivers/harperdb/download/ !-->
             <systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/cdata.jdbc.harperdb.jar</systemPath>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac7d12a5a0..0e8acff1d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@
                 <module>pdf</module>
                 <module>performance-tests</module>
                 <module>persistence-modules</module>
-                <module>persistence-modules/java-harperdb</module>
+                <!--<module>persistence-modules/java-harperdb</module>--> <!-- This module requires a library to download manually -->
                 <module>persistence-modules/spring-data-neo4j</module>
                 <module>protobuffer</module>
                 <module>quarkus-modules</module>