diff --git a/DataExtractionOSM/src/net/osmand/data/preparation/DBDialect.java b/DataExtractionOSM/src/net/osmand/data/preparation/DBDialect.java
index 458e56cf9b..8c1e847c0e 100644
--- a/DataExtractionOSM/src/net/osmand/data/preparation/DBDialect.java
+++ b/DataExtractionOSM/src/net/osmand/data/preparation/DBDialect.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public enum DBDialect {
 			//we are exclusive, some speed increase ( no need to get and release logs
 			statement.executeQuery("PRAGMA locking_mode = EXCLUSIVE");
 			//increased cache_size, by default it is 2000 and we have quite huge files...
-			statement.executeUpdate("PRAGMA cache_size = 10000");
+			//statement.executeUpdate("PRAGMA cache_size = 10000"); cache size could be probably contraproductive on slower disks?
 			statement.close();
 			System.out.println(String.format("SQLITE running in %s mode", SQLiteJDBCLoader.isNativeMode() ? "native" : "pure-java"));
 			return connection;