diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 0d4ea346..02cdecdd 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -660,9 +660,14 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       this._killAudio(cs);
     }
 
+    // DCH: commenting out because my experience is that the google STT engine
+    // will keep listening after it detects end of utterance, and will return a final transcript
+    // My earlier understanding that we needed to stop and restart the recognizer appears incorrect.
+    /*
     if (!this.resolved && !this.killed && !this._bufferedTranscripts.length) {
       this._startTranscribing(ep);
     }
+    */
   }
 
   _onStartOfSpeech(cs, ep) {