diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtUtil1/MMDb.c b/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtUtil1/MMDb.c
index 7891340e8..56387ad00 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtUtil1/MMDb.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtUtil1/MMDb.c
@@ -689,16 +689,6 @@ write_db(DtDtsMMHeader *header, void *index, int size, const char *CacheFile)
 	sprintf(tmpfile, "%s/%sXXXXXX", _DTDTSMMTEMPDIR, _DTDTSMMTEMPFILE);
 	fd = mkstemp(tmpfile);
 
-	/*
-	tmpfile = (char *)malloc(sizeof(_DTDTSMMTEMPDIR) +
-				 sizeof(_DTDTSMMTEMPFILE) + L_tmpnam + 3);
-
-	tmpnam(tmpnam_buf);
-	sprintf(tmpfile, "%s/%s%s", _DTDTSMMTEMPDIR, _DTDTSMMTEMPFILE,
-		basename(tmpnam_buf));
-
-	fd  = open(tmpfile, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0600);
-	*/
 	umask(cmask);
 
 	if(fd ==  -1)