diff --git a/longs/models.py b/longs/models.py
index 084b68f6..31247498 100644
--- a/longs/models.py
+++ b/longs/models.py
@@ -613,12 +613,6 @@ class CidUserAnswer(models.Model):
                 ans = ans.strip()
 
 
-    # def get_compare_string(self):
-    #     # strip here should be unneccasry (providing clean is now working)
-    #     s = self.answer.lower().strip()
-    #     s = s.translate(str.maketrans('', '', string.punctuation))
-    #     return s
-
     def is_marked(self):
         if self.score == "":
             return False