diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/cat.go b/cmd/ipfs/cat.go
index add0d9b95..168a4841e 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/cat.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/cat.go
@@ -24,32 +24,3 @@ var catCmd = makeCommand(command{
 	flags: nil,
 	cmdFn: commands.Cat,
 })
-
-/*
-func catCmd(c *commander.Command, inp []string) error {
-	if len(inp) < 1 {
-		u.POut(c.Long)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	conf, err := getConfigDir(c.Parent)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	com := daemon.NewCommand()
-	com.Command = "cat"
-	com.Args = inp
-
-	err = daemon.SendCommand(com, conf)
-	if err != nil {
-		n, err := localNode(conf, false)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return commands.Cat(n, com.Args, com.Opts, os.Stdout)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-*/