diff --git a/src/mol-repr/structure/registry.ts b/src/mol-repr/structure/registry.ts
index d21925c6b02fb0c27cfb6c0e21b3855dd8c0aa5d..c83be7e241276e7a6b96e5f9b216f4e0d48b8731 100644
--- a/src/mol-repr/structure/registry.ts
+++ b/src/mol-repr/structure/registry.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { RepresentationProvider, RepresentationRegistry } from '../representatio
 import { CartoonRepresentationProvider } from './representation/cartoon';
 import { BallAndStickRepresentationProvider } from './representation/ball-and-stick';
 import { GaussianSurfaceRepresentationProvider } from './representation/gaussian-surface';
-import { GaussianVolumeRepresentationProvider } from './representation/gaussian-volume';
 import { CarbohydrateRepresentationProvider } from './representation/carbohydrate';
 import { SpacefillRepresentationProvider } from './representation/spacefill';
 import { DistanceRestraintRepresentationProvider } from './representation/distance-restraint';
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export const BuiltInStructureRepresentations = {
     'carbohydrate': CarbohydrateRepresentationProvider,
     'distance-restraint': DistanceRestraintRepresentationProvider,
     'gaussian-surface': GaussianSurfaceRepresentationProvider,
-    'gaussian-volume': GaussianVolumeRepresentationProvider,
+    // 'gaussian-volume': GaussianVolumeRepresentationProvider, // TODO disabled for now, needs more work
     'molecular-surface': MolecularSurfaceRepresentationProvider,
     'point': PointRepresentationProvider,
     'putty': PuttyRepresentationProvider,
diff --git a/src/mol-repr/volume/registry.ts b/src/mol-repr/volume/registry.ts
index 51507b46e7188e41f305255fcf422d6e4a780d3d..fde44525b8afd8496cb737c17c03cacfae3163dc 100644
--- a/src/mol-repr/volume/registry.ts
+++ b/src/mol-repr/volume/registry.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import { RepresentationProvider, RepresentationRegistry, Representation } from '../representation';
 import { VolumeData } from 'mol-model/volume';
 import { IsosurfaceRepresentationProvider } from './isosurface';
-import { DirectVolumeRepresentationProvider } from './direct-volume';
 
 export class VolumeRepresentationRegistry extends RepresentationRegistry<VolumeData, Representation.State> {
     constructor() {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ export class VolumeRepresentationRegistry extends RepresentationRegistry<VolumeD
 
 export const BuiltInVolumeRepresentations = {
     'isosurface': IsosurfaceRepresentationProvider,
-    'direct-volume': DirectVolumeRepresentationProvider,
+    // 'direct-volume': DirectVolumeRepresentationProvider, // TODO disabled for now, needs more work
 }
 export type BuiltInVolumeRepresentationsName = keyof typeof BuiltInVolumeRepresentations
 export const BuiltInVolumeRepresentationsNames = Object.keys(BuiltInVolumeRepresentations)