diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 31aec414c24effe79bdddb6d738dadaeb5fade53..ae1e1ea1aa9b2a0bc94a8b904153da73c03b2fad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SUBDIR+=	genom3-ros
 SUBDIR+=	genomix
 SUBDIR+=	gest-genom
 SUBDIR+=	hpp-geometry
-SUBDIR+=	hyper
+# the following has too many issues in bulk + virtualbox SUBDIR+=	hyper
 SUBDIR+=	hyper_genom
 SUBDIR+=	jafar-kernel
 SUBDIR+=	jafar-lgl