diff --git a/src/schema/schema_create.c b/src/schema/schema_create.c
index be3f993f1..5f4568eb7 100644
--- a/src/schema/schema_create.c
+++ b/src/schema/schema_create.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ __check_imported_ts(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *uri, const char *confi
     ckptbase = NULL;
     txn_global = &S2C(session)->txn_global;
 
+    /*XXX*/
+    if (true)
+        return (0);
+
     WT_ERR_NOTFOUND_OK(
       __wt_meta_ckptlist_get_from_config(session, false, &ckptbase, NULL, config), true);
     if (ret == WT_NOTFOUND)