diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index ff60d77..5135302 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.7.0"]
                  [ch.qos.logback/logback-classic "1.1.3"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.logging "0.3.1"]
-                 [org.clojure/tools.macro "0.1.2"]
-                 [org.clojure/tools.namespace "0.2.11"]]
+                 [org.clojure/tools.macro "0.1.2"]]
   
   :profiles {:dev {:source-paths ["dev" "test/app"]
                    :dependencies [[yesql "0.5.1"]
+                                  [org.clojure/tools.namespace "0.2.11"]
                                   [org.clojure/tools.nrepl "0.2.11"]
                                   [com.datomic/datomic-free "0.9.5327" :exclusions [joda-time]]]}})
diff --git a/src/mount/core.clj b/src/mount/core.clj
index c03be64..bb2d359 100644
--- a/src/mount/core.clj
+++ b/src/mount/core.clj
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 (ns mount.core
   (:require [clojure.tools.macro :as macro]
-            [clojure.tools.namespace.repl :refer [disable-reload!]]
             [clojure.tools.logging :refer [info warn debug error]]))
 
-(disable-reload!)
-
 ;; (defonce ^:private session-id (System/currentTimeMillis))
 (defonce ^:private mount-state 42)
 (defonce ^:private -args (atom :no-args))                  ;; mostly for command line args and external files
 (defonce ^:private state-seq (atom 0))
 (defonce ^:private state-order (atom {}))
 
+;; supporting tools.namespace: (disable-reload!)
+(alter-meta! *ns* assoc ::load false) ;; to exclude the dependency
+
 (defn- make-state-seq [state]
   (or (@state-order state)
       (let [nseq (swap! state-seq inc)]