diff --git a/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php b/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
index 0b92acaf6b..3a84593935 100644
--- a/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Hal/Serializer/ItemNormalizer.php
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ public function getSupportedTypes($format): array
      */
     public function normalize(mixed $object, ?string $format = null, array $context = []): array|string|int|float|bool|\ArrayObject|null
     {
-        if ($this->isHalCircularReference($object, $context)) {
+        /*if ($this->isHalCircularReference($object, $context)) {
             return $this->handleHalCircularReference($object, $format, $context);
-        }
+        }*/
 
         $resourceClass = $this->getObjectClass($object);
         if ($this->getOutputClass($context)) {