diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index acb8b316..8444f3da 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -2103,14 +2103,6 @@ int get_payload_serial(int debug_camera)  {
   jpeg_start = 0;
 	
   serialFlush (uart_fd);  // flush serial buffer so latest payload is read
-//  int discard = 0;
-//  while (serialDataAvail(uart_fd)) {
-//	      (void) serialGetchar(uart_fd);
-//	      discard++;
-//              printf("%c", octet);
-//              fflush(stdout);	
-//  }
-// printf("\ndiscard: %d \n\n", discard);
 	
 // #ifdef GET_IMAGE_DEBUG
  if (debug_camera)