diff --git a/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp b/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp
index 11a676ea..61990e63 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@
 //
 #if defined (_STLP_USE_OLD_HP_ITERATOR_QUERIES)  || defined (__STL_USE_OLD_HP_ITERATOR_QUERIES)\
  || (!defined ( _STLP_CLASS_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION ) && !defined ( __STL_CLASS_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION ))
-#  define BOOST_MSVC_STD_ITERATOR
+// disable this for now, it causes too many problems, we need a better
+// fix for broken reverse iterators:
+// #  define BOOST_MSVC_STD_ITERATOR
 #endif
 
 //