diff --git a/python/obitools3/format/fasta.pyx b/python/obitools3/format/fasta.pyx
index 9109707..259e368 100644
--- a/python/obitools3/format/fasta.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/format/fasta.pyx
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ cdef class FastaFormat:
 		self.headerFormater = HeaderFormat(True,
 										   tags,
 										   printNAKeys)
-
-
-# 	def __cinit(self):
-# 		self.sequenceBufferLength=1000
-# 		self.sequenceBuffer = malloc(self.sequenceBufferLength)
-# 		
-# 	def __dealloc__(self)
-# 		free(self.sequenceBuffer)
 		
 	@cython.boundscheck(False)	
 	def __call__(self, dict data):
@@ -30,28 +22,7 @@ cdef class FastaFormat:
 		brawseq = b'\n'.join(lines)
 		
 		return "%s\n%s" % (self.headerFormater(data),bytes2str(brawseq))
-	
-# 		cdef char* crowseq      = <char*> brawseq
-# 		cdef size_t needed_size = lseq + 1
-# 
-# 		needed_size += needed_size/ 50
-# 		
-# 		if needed_size > self.sequenceBufferLength:
-# 			self.sequenceBufferLength=needed_size
-# 			self.sequenceBuffer = realloc(self.sequenceBuffer,
-# 										  self.sequenceBufferLength
-# 										 )
-# 			
-# 		
-# 		for i in range(0,lseq,60):
-# 			if i+60 <= lseq:
-# 				fasta[k:(k+60)]=seq[i:(i+60)]
-# 				fasta[k+60]='\n'
-# 				k+=61
-# 			else:
-# 				fasta[k:(k+lseq-i)]=seq[i:lseq]
-# 				k+=lseq-i
-				
+