diff --git a/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
index e1755595..c7009c47 100644
--- a/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ ocv_define_module(xfeatures2d opencv_core opencv_imgproc opencv_features2d openc
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/download_vgg.cmake)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/download_boostdesc.cmake)
 set(DOWNLOAD_DIR "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/downloads/xfeatures2d")
-download_boost_descriptors("${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" boost_status)
-download_vgg_descriptors("${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" vgg_status)
-if(NOT boost_status OR NOT vgg_status)
-  ocv_module_disable(xfeatures2d)
-endif()
+#download_boost_descriptors("${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" boost_status)
+#download_vgg_descriptors("${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" vgg_status)
+#if(NOT boost_status OR NOT vgg_status)
+#  ocv_module_disable(xfeatures2d)
+#endif()
 
 ocv_module_include_directories("${DOWNLOAD_DIR}")