diff --git a/www/common/chainpad.js b/www/common/chainpad.js
index ba8a4d8ca..9d9dcc071 100644
--- a/www/common/chainpad.js
+++ b/www/common/chainpad.js
@@ -223,10 +223,6 @@ var transform = Patch.transform = function (origToTransform, transformBy, doc, t
     var toTransform = clone(origToTransform);
     var text = doc;
     for (var i = toTransform.operations.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
-        /*  this line caused diffs to be applied against the incorrect text
-            which resulted in bad merges that weren't noticeable until we
-            tried to patch json.  */
-        //text = Operation.apply(toTransform.operations[i], text);
         for (var j = transformBy.operations.length-1; j >= 0; j--) {
             toTransform.operations[i] = Operation.transform(text,
                                                             toTransform.operations[i],