Scottish football is set to retain the current league set up after plans to revamp the lower leagues failed to attract enough support.
Championship teams were asked to consider expanding the second tier from 10 clubs to 12 or 14.
Proposals to reduce the quarter-final and semi-final of the Championship promotion play-offs from two legs to one were also placed on the agenda.
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With Premiership clubs unwilling to countenance proposals put forward last month for a bigger top flight, a meeting of the Competitions Working Group ended this (Thursday) morning in stalemate and an agreement amongst clubs that there should either be widespread, significant change or none at all.
The promotion play-offs will remain two-legged affairs, and the CWG will recommend a policy of no change to the board of the SPFL.
The preservation of the status quo after weeks of debate is likely to anger clubs in League One and League Two keen on the idea of a new 16 or 18 team third tier sitting above an eight-strong League Two in the SPFL pyramid.
