diff --git a/Framework/Core/src/TableTreeHelpers.cxx b/Framework/Core/src/TableTreeHelpers.cxx
index 780126c89dd85..14e4a43ea6cba 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/src/TableTreeHelpers.cxx
+++ b/Framework/Core/src/TableTreeHelpers.cxx
@@ -547,14 +547,14 @@ void TreeToTable::addAllColumns(TTree* tree, std::vector<std::string>&& names)
   if (mBranchReaders.empty()) {
     throw runtime_error("No columns will be read");
   }
-  // Was affected by https://github.com/root-project/root/issues/8962
-  // Re-enabling this seems to cut the number of IOPS in half
-  tree->SetCacheSize(25000000);
-  tree->SetClusterPrefetch(true);
-  for (auto& reader : mBranchReaders) {
-    tree->AddBranchToCache(reader->branch());
-  }
-  tree->StopCacheLearningPhase();
+  //tree->SetCacheSize(50000000);
+  // FIXME: see https://github.com/root-project/root/issues/8962 and enable
+  // again once fixed.
+  //tree->SetClusterPrefetch(true);
+  //for (auto& reader : mBranchReaders) {
+  //  tree->AddBranchToCache(reader->branch());
+  //}
+  //tree->StopCacheLearningPhase();
 }
 
 void TreeToTable::setLabel(const char* label)