diff --git a/src/common/regexTools.cpp b/src/common/regexTools.cpp
index acfc3f85a..c4b157ef6 100644
--- a/src/common/regexTools.cpp
+++ b/src/common/regexTools.cpp
@@ -63,18 +63,5 @@ void appendToFirstOccurence(std::string &content, const  std::string regex, cons
     UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
     content.insert(matcher->start(status), replacement);   
   }
-
-  /*
-  regmatch_t matchs[1];
-  regex_t regexp;
-
-  regcomp(&regexp, regex.data(), REG_ICASE);
-  if (!regexec(&regexp, content.data(), 1, matchs, 0)) {
-    if (matchs[0].rm_so > 0)
-      content.insert(matchs[0].rm_eo, replacement);
-  }
-
-  regfree(&regexp);
-  */
 }