diff --git a/core/base/mergeTreeClustering/BranchMappingDistance.h b/core/base/mergeTreeClustering/BranchMappingDistance.h
index b0b5b393d1..de3e47c835 100644
--- a/core/base/mergeTreeClustering/BranchMappingDistance.h
+++ b/core/base/mergeTreeClustering/BranchMappingDistance.h
@@ -668,9 +668,6 @@ namespace ttk {
                 : editCost_Shifting<dataType>(m.first.first, m.first.second,
                                               m.second.first, m.second.second,
                                               tree1, tree2);
-          // if(m.first.second == (int)tree1->getRoot()) {
-          //   matchedCost[m.first.second] = matchedCost[m.first.first];
-          // }
           matchedCost[m.first.second] = matchedCost[m.first.first];
         }
         for(ftm::idNode i = 0; i < matchedNodes.size(); i++) {