diff --git a/preferences.c b/preferences.c
index 0190e35f..7814f918 100644
--- a/preferences.c
+++ b/preferences.c
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ void prefs_load(void)
 
     prefs = g_key_file_new();
     g_key_file_load_from_file(prefs, prefs_loc->str, G_KEY_FILE_NONE, NULL);
-
-//    g_key_file_set_string(g_prefs, "settings", "somekey2", "someothervalue");
-//    gsize g_data_len;
-//    char *g_prefs_data = g_key_file_to_data(g_prefs, &g_data_len, NULL);
-//    g_file_set_contents("/home/james/.profanity", g_prefs_data, g_data_len, NULL);
 }
 
 gboolean prefs_get_beep(void)