diff --git a/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/client/GMSClient.java b/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/client/GMSClient.java
index 3f0a4f954a61d5ec56ca98e4773e3ab842f2c401..a19540dfebb9bbae202be4e4ee3ee24133ffb16e 100755
--- a/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/client/GMSClient.java
+++ b/projects/cadcAccessControl/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/client/GMSClient.java
@@ -92,17 +92,23 @@ import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import javax.security.auth.Subject;
 
-import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.*;
-import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.HttpPrincipal;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
+import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.Group;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.GroupAlreadyExistsException;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.GroupNotFoundException;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.Role;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.User;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.UserNotFoundException;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.xml.GroupListReader;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.xml.GroupReader;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.ac.xml.GroupWriter;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.AuthenticationUtil;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.HttpPrincipal;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.SSLUtil;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.net.HttpDownload;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.net.HttpPost;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.net.HttpTransfer;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.net.HttpUpload;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.net.InputStreamWrapper;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.net.NetUtil;
@@ -408,6 +414,9 @@ public class GMSClient implements TransferListener
             }
         });
 
+        // Disable retries.
+        httpDownload.setRetry(0, 0, HttpTransfer.RetryReason.NONE);
+
         httpDownload.setSSLSocketFactory(getSSLSocketFactory());
         httpDownload.run();