diff --git a/direct/src/directutil/MemoryLeakHelpers.py b/direct/src/directutil/MemoryLeakHelpers.py
index dc14f3be78..96d84f550c 100755
--- a/direct/src/directutil/MemoryLeakHelpers.py
+++ b/direct/src/directutil/MemoryLeakHelpers.py
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@
 # fsm-redefine 0
 # want-dev 0
 
-
-import gc
-gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)
-gc.collect()
-
-# This will be a list of the uncollectables
-print gc.garbage
+if (__builtins__.__dict__.has_key("running-epydoc")==0):
+    import gc
+    gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)
+    gc.collect()
+    print gc.garbage
 
 # Inside DistributedObjectAI, you can uncomment the __del__ function to
 # see when your objects are being deleted (or not)