diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
index 6d070db6e..c403afcd8 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ sub promote_vm_to_master {
     );
     my $clonespec = VirtualMachineCloneSpec->new(
         location=>$relocatespec,
-        #template=>1, #can't go straight to template, need to clone, then snap, then templatify
+        template=>0, #can't go straight to template, need to clone, then snap, then templatify
         powerOn=>0
         );