Index: src/couchdb/couch_httpd_view.erl
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--- src/couchdb/couch_httpd_view.erl	(revision 729650)
+++ src/couchdb/couch_httpd_view.erl	(working copy)
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
     DesignId = <<"_design/", Id/binary>>,
     case couch_view:get_map_view(Db, DesignId, ViewName, Update) of
     {ok, View} ->    
+        case QueryArgs#view_query_args.group_level in
+            0 ->
+                ?LOG_INFO("Ignoring grouping for non-reduce view ~p", [Req]);
+            _ ->
+                ok
+            end;
         output_map_view(Req, View, Db, QueryArgs, Keys);
     {not_found, Reason} ->
         case couch_view:get_reduce_view(Db, DesignId, ViewName, Update) of
@@ -71,6 +77,12 @@
     Keys = proplists:get_value(<<"keys">>, Props, nil),
     case proplists:get_value(<<"reduce">>, Props, null) of
     null ->
+        case QueryArgs#view_query_args.group_level in
+            0 ->
+                ?LOG_INFO("Ignoring grouping for non-reduce view ~p", [Req]);
+            _ ->
+                ok
+            end;
         {ok, View} = couch_view:get_temp_map_view(Db, Language, MapSrc),
         output_map_view(Req, View, Db, QueryArgs, Keys);
     RedSrc ->