diff --git a/config/calibrate.py b/config/calibrate.py
index f94f450d8..214b40e97 100644
--- a/config/calibrate.py
+++ b/config/calibrate.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 colors = config.photoCal.match.referenceSelection.colorLimits
 colors["g-r"] = ColorLimit(primary="g_flux", secondary="r_flux", minimum=0.4, maximum=2.0)
 
-config.photoCal.applyColorTerms = True
+# TODO: Turn color terms back on when they are available
+config.photoCal.applyColorTerms = False
 config.photoCal.photoCatName = "atlas_refcat2_20220201"
-config.photoCal.colorterms.load(os.path.join(obsConfigDir, "colorterms.py"))
 
 # Activate calibration of measurements: required for aperture corrections
 config.measurement.load(os.path.join(obsConfigDir, "apertures.py"))
diff --git a/config/comCam/calibrateImage.py b/config/comCam/calibrateImage.py
index 4fd12c3c6..ec9c5cdf7 100644
--- a/config/comCam/calibrateImage.py
+++ b/config/comCam/calibrateImage.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 colors = config.photometry.match.referenceSelection.colorLimits
 colors["g-r"] = ColorLimit(primary="g_flux", secondary="r_flux", minimum=0.4, maximum=2.0)
 
-config.photometry.applyColorTerms = True
+# TODO: Turn color terms back on when they are available
+config.photometry.applyColorTerms = False
 config.photometry.photoCatName = "atlas_refcat2_20220201"
 config.photometry.colorterms.load(os.path.join(config_dir, "colorterms.py"))
 
diff --git a/config/comCam/colorterms.py b/config/comCam/colorterms.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f74f30b9..000000000
--- a/config/comCam/colorterms.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-from lsst.pipe.tasks.colorterms import Colorterm, ColortermDict
-
-
-config.data = {
-    "atlas_refcat2*": ColortermDict(data={
-        "SDSSg_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="g",
-            secondary="r",
-            c0=-0.09034144345111599,
-            c1=0.1710923238086337,
-            c2=-0.038260355621929296,
-        ),
-        "SDSSr_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="r",
-            secondary="i",
-            c0=0.0073632488906825045,
-            c1=-0.026620900037027242,
-            c2=-0.03203533692013322,
-        ),
-        "SDSSi_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="i",
-            secondary="r",
-            c0=0.016940180565664747,
-            c1=0.0610018330811135,
-            c2=-0.0722575356707918,
-        ),
-        # empty~i is the same as i~empty.
-        "empty~SDSSi_65mm": Colorterm(
-            primary="i",
-            secondary="r",
-            c0=0.016940180565664747,
-            c1=0.0610018330811135,
-            c2=-0.0722575356707918,
-        ),
-        # The following two are blank until we have data to measure them.
-        "SDSSz_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="z",
-            secondary="z",
-        ),
-        # The ATLAS-REFCAT2 does not have y band, so we use z here as
-        # a placeholder.
-        "SDSSy_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="z",
-            secondary="z",
-        ),
-        # empty~y is the same as y~empty.
-        "empty~SDSSy_65mm": Colorterm(
-            primary="z",
-            secondary="z",
-        ),
-    }),
-}
diff --git a/config/lsstCam/calibrateImage.py b/config/lsstCam/calibrateImage.py
index cc10a15c9..199db0b10 100644
--- a/config/lsstCam/calibrateImage.py
+++ b/config/lsstCam/calibrateImage.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 colors = config.photometry.match.referenceSelection.colorLimits
 colors["g-r"] = ColorLimit(primary="g_flux", secondary="r_flux", minimum=0.4, maximum=2.0)
 
-config.photometry.applyColorTerms = True
+# TODO: Turn color terms back on when they are available
+config.photometry.applyColorTerms = False
 config.photometry.photoCatName = "atlas_refcat2_20220201"
 config.photometry.colorterms.load(os.path.join(config_dir, "colorterms.py"))
 
diff --git a/config/lsstCam/colorterms.py b/config/lsstCam/colorterms.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f74f30b9..000000000
--- a/config/lsstCam/colorterms.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-from lsst.pipe.tasks.colorterms import Colorterm, ColortermDict
-
-
-config.data = {
-    "atlas_refcat2*": ColortermDict(data={
-        "SDSSg_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="g",
-            secondary="r",
-            c0=-0.09034144345111599,
-            c1=0.1710923238086337,
-            c2=-0.038260355621929296,
-        ),
-        "SDSSr_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="r",
-            secondary="i",
-            c0=0.0073632488906825045,
-            c1=-0.026620900037027242,
-            c2=-0.03203533692013322,
-        ),
-        "SDSSi_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="i",
-            secondary="r",
-            c0=0.016940180565664747,
-            c1=0.0610018330811135,
-            c2=-0.0722575356707918,
-        ),
-        # empty~i is the same as i~empty.
-        "empty~SDSSi_65mm": Colorterm(
-            primary="i",
-            secondary="r",
-            c0=0.016940180565664747,
-            c1=0.0610018330811135,
-            c2=-0.0722575356707918,
-        ),
-        # The following two are blank until we have data to measure them.
-        "SDSSz_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="z",
-            secondary="z",
-        ),
-        # The ATLAS-REFCAT2 does not have y band, so we use z here as
-        # a placeholder.
-        "SDSSy_65mm~empty": Colorterm(
-            primary="z",
-            secondary="z",
-        ),
-        # empty~y is the same as y~empty.
-        "empty~SDSSy_65mm": Colorterm(
-            primary="z",
-            secondary="z",
-        ),
-    }),
-}