diff --git a/js/script.js b/js/script.js
index 9d72842fddee37c8d0efb6457d38768846461b3f..76153e7d217fa809a03a7dc4dfb6fd4335ba58c0 100644
--- a/js/script.js
+++ b/js/script.js
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@
 (function fixes() {
 
   // set text in copyright notice, adjust to current year
-  (function copyrightFix() {
-    try {
-      var d = new Date();
-      document.getElementById('ebi-footer-meta').innerHTML = "" +
-        "<p class=\"address\">EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SD, UK &nbsp; &nbsp; +44 (0)1223 49 44 44</p>" +
-        "<p>Copyright &copy; EMBL-EBI " + d.getFullYear() + " | EBI is an outstation of the <a href=\"http://www.embl.org\">European Molecular Biology Laboratory</a> | <a href=\"/about/terms-of-use\">Terms of use</a></p>";
-    }
-    catch (err) {}
-  })();
+  // (function copyrightFix() {
+  //   try {
+  //     var d = new Date();
+  //     document.getElementById('ebi-footer-meta').innerHTML = "" +
+  //       "<p class=\"address\">EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SD, UK &nbsp; &nbsp; +44 (0)1223 49 44 44</p>" +
+  //       "<p>Copyright &copy; EMBL-EBI " + d.getFullYear() + " | EBI is an outstation of the <a href=\"http://www.embl.org\">European Molecular Biology Laboratory</a> | <a href=\"/about/terms-of-use\">Terms of use</a></p>";
+  //   }
+  //   catch (err) {}
+  // })();
 
   // mark pdf/doc/txt links with link-pdf/link-doc/link-txt classes
   // exclude links with images