diff --git a/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m b/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m
index e83d94d97..c77f5e11f 100644
--- a/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m
+++ b/matlab/utilities/dataset/initialize_dataset.m
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ else
 end
 
 % Compute the empirical mean of the observed variables..
-dataset_.descriptive.mean = nanmean(dataset_.rawdata);
+%dataset_.descriptive.mean = nanmean(dataset_.rawdata);
 
 % Prefilter the data if needed.
 if prefilter == 1
     dataset_.data = transpose(bsxfun(@minus,dataset_.rawdata,dataset_.descriptive.mean));
 else
     dataset_.data = transpose(dataset_.rawdata);
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end