diff --git a/src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_dwa_decoder.h b/src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_dwa_decoder.h
index f726276c3..e6f33ed8f 100644
--- a/src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_dwa_decoder.h
+++ b/src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_dwa_decoder.h
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ LossyDctDecoder_base_construct (
     d->_toLinear      = toLinear;
     d->_width         = width;
     d->_height        = height;
-    //if (d->_toLinear == NULL) d->_toLinear = dwaCompressorNoOp;
 
     //d->_isNativeXdr = GLOBAL_SYSTEM_LITTLE_ENDIAN;