diff --git a/misc-scripts/ebi_search_dump/ebi_search_dump.pl b/misc-scripts/ebi_search_dump/ebi_search_dump.pl
index c68d0cb2ba2dd1d51b61d15ee236889d4f213a30..7272f13e102e6d5b650f43992435442c95cd394e 100755
--- a/misc-scripts/ebi_search_dump/ebi_search_dump.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/ebi_search_dump/ebi_search_dump.pl
@@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ sub geneLineXML {
                 foreach
                   my $ed_key ( keys %{ $external_identifiers->{$ext_db_name} } )
                 {
-                    $unique_synonyms->{$ed_key} = 1;
+
+                    #		$unique_synonyms->{$ed_key} = 1;
                     $synonyms .= qq{ 
              <field name="${matched_db_name}_synonym">$ed_key</field>};
                 }