diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
index 3871772332b..deb6e550ed8 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
@@ -223,10 +223,17 @@ class JobWrapper( object ):
         is a temporary work-around to ensure columns metadata attribute is set.
         This code will be eliminated soon...
         """
+        """
+        gvk: commented out on 9/6/2007 - This code seems to be causing concurrent update problems in the database.
+        At the current time, tabular datasets are missing the 'column_types' metadata attribute, which is currently
+        used only for the ColumnListParameter tool parameter.  To be safe, I'm calling Tabular().set_meta() there
+        anyway, so we don't need this.  Also, when we run Dan's script again, it will eliminate the need for this.
+
         for dataset_assoc in job.input_datasets:
             dataset = dataset_assoc.dataset
             if issubclass(type(dataset.datatype), type(self.app.datatypes_registry.get_datatype_by_extension('tabular'))) and dataset.missing_meta():
                 Tabular().set_meta(dataset)
+        """
         # Resore input / output data lists
         inp_data = dict( [ ( da.name, da.dataset ) for da in job.input_datasets ] )
         out_data = dict( [ ( da.name, da.dataset ) for da in job.output_datasets ] )