diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm
index 459d8dfd2e8927e9f53939beda47a979a3825341..ec0d2e26365baab2e5318c48089830f85c2ea146 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/DisplayXrefs.pm
@@ -1221,11 +1221,6 @@ sub set_gene_descriptions{
   }
   $sth->finish;
 
-# no idea why this is here??
-#  $sth = $self->xref->dbc->prepare("update xref set dumped = null"); # just incase this is being ran again
-#  $sth->execute;
-#  $sth->finish;
-
 
 
   $sql =(<<SQL);