diff --git a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_target_pipeline.py b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_target_pipeline.py
index 46840fa44c49107e9447112b8ef0ba5b28235c88..2c27222669daf03de94fe7a438cc337f2f2a7bbc 100755
--- a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_target_pipeline.py
+++ b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/msss_target_pipeline.py
@@ -231,9 +231,10 @@ class msss_target_pipeline(control):
         mapfile_dir = os.path.join(job_dir, "mapfiles")
         create_directory(mapfile_dir)
 
-        self.input_data['instrument'] = self._copy_instrument_files(
-                                    self.input_data['instrument'],
-                                    self.input_data['data'], mapfile_dir)
+# Temporarily disabled, until Wouter has fixed _copy_instrument_files().
+#        self.input_data['instrument'] = self._copy_instrument_files(
+#                                    self.input_data['instrument'],
+#                                    self.input_data['data'], mapfile_dir)
 
         self._validate_io_product_specs()
 
@@ -308,6 +309,9 @@ class msss_target_pipeline(control):
 #        # Demix the relevant A-team sources
 #        demix_mapfile = self.run_task("demixing", dppp_mapfile)['mapfile']
 
+        # Create an empty parmdb for BBS
+        parmdb_mapfile = self.run_task("setupparmdb", data_mapfile)['mapfile']
+
         # Create an empty sourcedb for BBS
         sourcedb_mapfile = self.run_task(
             "setupsourcedb", data_mapfile