diff --git a/src/libopensc/card-belpic.c b/src/libopensc/card-belpic.c
index 0f482e4174..c316b766ca 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/card-belpic.c
+++ b/src/libopensc/card-belpic.c
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ static long t1, t2, tot_read = 0, tot_dur = 0, dur;
 static size_t next_idx = (size_t)-1;
 
 static const struct sc_atr_table belpic_atrs[] = {
-	/* Applet V1.8 */
-	{ "3B:7F:96:00:00:80:31:80:65:B0:85:04:01:20:12:0F:FF:82:90:00", NULL, NULL, SC_CARD_TYPE_BELPIC_EID, 0, NULL },
+	/* Applet V1.8 -- disabled, as it requires driver updates which are not yet implemented */
+	/* { "3B:7F:96:00:00:80:31:80:65:B0:85:04:01:20:12:0F:FF:82:90:00", NULL, NULL, SC_CARD_TYPE_BELPIC_EID, 0, NULL }, */
 	/* Applet V1.1 */
 	{ "3B:98:13:40:0A:A5:03:01:01:01:AD:13:11", NULL, NULL, SC_CARD_TYPE_BELPIC_EID, 0, NULL },
 	/* Applet V1.0 with new EMV-compatible ATR */