diff --git a/cmd/getndf.go b/cmd/getndf.go
index e794fb4d38b6f3d7e0ca82b2b3a2576afef0d6d6..c40ba2c19c99897e7bb211d5ef61ed105d1802f4 100644
--- a/cmd/getndf.go
+++ b/cmd/getndf.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var getNDFCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Args: cobra.NoArgs,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		gwHost := viper.GetString("gwhost")
-		permHost := viper.GetString("permhost")
+		//permHost := viper.GetString("permhost")
 		certPath := viper.GetString("cert")
 
 		// Load the certificate
@@ -79,22 +79,22 @@ var getNDFCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			fmt.Printf("%s", resp.PartialNDF.Ndf)
 			return
 		}
-
-		if permHost != "" {
-			host, _ := connect.NewHost(&id.Permissioning, permHost,
-				cert, params)
-			pollMsg := &pb.NDFHash{
-				Hash: []byte("DummyUserRequest"),
-			}
-			resp, err := comms.RequestNdf(host, pollMsg)
-			if err != nil {
-				jww.FATAL.Panicf("Unable to ask %s for NDF:"+
-					" %+v",
-					permHost, err)
-			}
-			fmt.Printf("%s", resp.Ndf)
-			return
-		}
+		// fixme: RequestNdf is no longer exposed to client. This block may need to be removed
+		//if permHost != "" {
+		//	host, _ := connect.NewHost(&id.Permissioning, permHost,
+		//		cert, params)
+		//	pollMsg := &pb.NDFHash{
+		//		Hash: []byte("DummyUserRequest"),
+		//	}
+		//	resp, err := comms.RequestNdf(host, pollMsg)
+		//	if err != nil {
+		//		jww.FATAL.Panicf("Unable to ask %s for NDF:"+
+		//			" %+v",
+		//			permHost, err)
+		//	}
+		//	fmt.Printf("%s", resp.Ndf)
+		//	return
+		//}
 
 		fmt.Println("Enter --gwhost or --permhost and --cert please")
 	},