diff --git a/AMDiS/src/io/MacroInfo.cc b/AMDiS/src/io/MacroInfo.cc
index 520bfc7733840a5c4adb8ea864b71b40672a3cf7..f69daacea13435e5a1cd5d512ae6c5efa2aa83e6 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/io/MacroInfo.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/io/MacroInfo.cc
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     DimVec<int> *ind = NULL;
 
     TEST_EXIT(filename != "")("No filename specified!\n");
-    TEST_EXIT(filename.length() < static_cast<unsigned int>(127))
-      ("can only handle filenames up to 127 characters\n");
+//     TEST_EXIT(filename.length() < static_cast<unsigned int>(127))
+//       ("can only handle filenames up to 127 characters\n");
 
     FILE *file = fopen(filename.c_str(), "r");
     TEST_EXIT(file)("cannot open file %s\n", filename.c_str());