3 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/engines/sci/detection.cpp b/engines/sci/detection.cpp
index e26e514b02..35c7a70b0e 100644
--- a/engines/sci/detection.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/detection.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static const PlainGameDescriptor s_sciGameTitles[] = {
 	{"lsl7",            "Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail!"},
 	{"lighthouse",      "Lighthouse: The Dark Being"},
 	{"phantasmagoria2", "Phantasmagoria II: A Puzzle of Flesh"},
-	{"shivers2",        "Shivers II: Harvest of Souls"},
+	//{"shivers2",        "Shivers II: Harvest of Souls"},	// Not SCI
 	{"rama",            "RAMA"},
 	{0, 0}
 };
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static const GameIdStrToEnum s_gameIdStrToEnum[] = {
 	{ "rama",            GID_RAMA },
 	{ "sci-fanmade",     GID_FANMADE },	// FIXME: Do we really need/want this?
 	{ "shivers",         GID_SHIVERS },
-	{ "shivers2",        GID_SHIVERS2 },
+	//{ "shivers2",        GID_SHIVERS2 },	// Not SCI
 	{ "slater",          GID_SLATER },
 	{ "sq1sci",          GID_SQ1 },
 	{ "sq3",             GID_SQ3 },
diff --git a/engines/sci/detection_tables.h b/engines/sci/detection_tables.h
index 669cff57b0..a54db69e67 100644
--- a/engines/sci/detection_tables.h
+++ b/engines/sci/detection_tables.h
@@ -2922,7 +2922,15 @@ static const struct ADGameDescription SciGameDescriptions[] = {
 		AD_LISTEND},
 		Common::EN_ANY, Common::kPlatformWindows, ADGF_DEMO, GUIO_NONE	},
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_SCI3_GAMES
+	// Shivers 2 doesn't contain SCI scripts. The whole game logic has
+	// been reimplemented from SCI in native code placed in DLL files.
+	// Each room has its own DLL file, and some SCI functions have been
+	// reimplemented/rewritten for this purpose in native code. The
+	// game and demo have all the resources of a SCI game, apart from
+	// the SCI scripts themselves. Thus, they cannot be directly
+	// supported, unless their whole room logic is rewritten from
+	// scratch, which classifies Shivers 2 as "not SCI"
+#if 0
 
 	// Shivers2 - English Windows Demo
 	// Executable scanning reports "3.000.000"
@@ -2940,7 +2948,7 @@ static const struct ADGameDescription SciGameDescriptions[] = {
 		AD_LISTEND},
 		Common::EN_ANY, Common::kPlatformWindows, 0, GUIO_NOSPEECH	},
 
-#endif //ENABLE_SCI3_GAMES
+#endif
 
 #endif // ENABLE_SCI32
 
diff --git a/engines/sci/sci.h b/engines/sci/sci.h
index 606cc008ee..dea8cb23c2 100644
--- a/engines/sci/sci.h
+++ b/engines/sci/sci.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ enum SciGameId {
 	GID_QFG4,
 	GID_RAMA,
 	GID_SHIVERS,
-	GID_SHIVERS2,
+	//GID_SHIVERS2,	// Not SCI
 	GID_SLATER,
 	GID_SQ1,
 	GID_SQ3,