diff --git a/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs b/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
index 40c5564040..b18f3f0583 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.providers/members/MembersMembershipProvider.cs
@@ -1029,31 +1029,33 @@ namespace umbraco.providers.members
         #endregion
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Adds some event handling
-    /// </summary>
-    public class MembershipEventHandler : ApplicationEventHandler
-    {
-        protected override void ApplicationStarted(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
-        {
-            Member.New += Member_New;
-        }
+    //TODO: We need to re-enable this in 6.2, but need to back port most of the membership provider changes (still in a custom branch atm)
 
-        void Member_New(Member sender, NewEventArgs e)
-        {
-            //This is a bit of a hack to ensure that the member is approved when created since many people will be using
-            // this old api to create members on the front-end and they need to be approved - which is based on whether or not 
-            // the Umbraco membership provider is configured.
-            var provider = Membership.Provider as UmbracoMembershipProvider;
-            if (provider != null)
-            {
-                var approvedField = provider.ApprovedPropertyTypeAlias;
-                var property = sender.getProperty(approvedField);
-                if (property != null)
-                {
-                    property.Value = 1;
-                }
-            }            
-        }
-    }
+    ///// <summary>
+    ///// Adds some event handling
+    ///// </summary>
+    //public class MembershipEventHandler : ApplicationEventHandler
+    //{
+    //    protected override void ApplicationStarted(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
+    //    {
+    //        Member.New += Member_New;
+    //    }
+
+    //    void Member_New(Member sender, NewEventArgs e)
+    //    {
+    //        //This is a bit of a hack to ensure that the member is approved when created since many people will be using
+    //        // this old api to create members on the front-end and they need to be approved - which is based on whether or not 
+    //        // the Umbraco membership provider is configured.
+    //        var provider = Membership.Provider as UmbracoMembershipProvider;
+    //        if (provider != null)
+    //        {
+    //            var approvedField = provider.ApprovedPropertyTypeAlias;
+    //            var property = sender.getProperty(approvedField);
+    //            if (property != null)
+    //            {
+    //                property.Value = 1;
+    //            }
+    //        }            
+    //    }
+    //}
 }