diff --git a/Event/EventBookkeeperTools/src/CutFlowSvc.cxx b/Event/EventBookkeeperTools/src/CutFlowSvc.cxx
index c90174094d288420bce333a10ec2babed30db432..5fa077dd209b81c73d84afcf8387535a8f7bc66b 100644
--- a/Event/EventBookkeeperTools/src/CutFlowSvc.cxx
+++ b/Event/EventBookkeeperTools/src/CutFlowSvc.cxx
@@ -321,19 +321,6 @@ CutFlowSvc::addEvent( CutIdentifier cutID )
   ATH_MSG_WARNING("DEPRECATED method, please call addEvent(ID,weight)");
 
   double evtWeight=1.0;
-/*
-  const xAOD::EventInfo* evtInfo = nullptr;
-  StatusCode sc = m_eventStore->retrieve(evtInfo);
-  if ( sc.isFailure() || nullptr == evtInfo ) {
-    ATH_MSG_WARNING("Could not retrieve EventInfo from StoreGate  ");
-    evtWeight=-1000.;
-  } else {
-    // Only try to access the mcEventWeight is we are running on Monte Carlo, duhhh!
-    if ( evtInfo->eventType(xAOD::EventInfo::IS_SIMULATION) ) {
-      evtWeight = evtInfo->mcEventWeight();
-    }
-  }
-*/
 
   addEvent(cutID,evtWeight);