diff --git a/cmd/fdsn-holdings-consumer/main.go b/cmd/fdsn-holdings-consumer/main.go
index bd5e9a0..def3f45 100644
--- a/cmd/fdsn-holdings-consumer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fdsn-holdings-consumer/main.go
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ func initAwsClient() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error creating SQS client: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err = sqsClient.CheckQueue(queueURL); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error checking queueURL %s:  %s", queueURL, err.Error())
-	}
+	// if err = sqsClient.CheckQueue(queueURL); err != nil {
+	// 	log.Fatalf("error checking queueURL %s:  %s", queueURL, err.Error())
+	// }
 
 	s3Client, err = s3.NewWithMaxRetries(3)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/fdsn-quake-consumer/main.go b/cmd/fdsn-quake-consumer/main.go
index 9a42a12..a815298 100644
--- a/cmd/fdsn-quake-consumer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fdsn-quake-consumer/main.go
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ func initAwsClients() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("creating SQS client: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err = sqsClient.CheckQueue(queueURL); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error checking queueURL %s:  %s", queueURL, err.Error())
-	}
+	// if err = sqsClient.CheckQueue(queueURL); err != nil {
+	// 	log.Fatalf("error checking queueURL %s:  %s", queueURL, err.Error())
+	// }
 }
 
 func main() {