diff --git a/react/components/ShowChannel/view.jsx b/react/components/ShowChannel/view.jsx
index 3539cdf7..3867cde2 100644
--- a/react/components/ShowChannel/view.jsx
+++ b/react/components/ShowChannel/view.jsx
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ import NavBar from 'containers/NavBar';
 import ChannelClaimsDisplay from 'containers/ChannelClaimsDisplay';
 
 class ShowChannel extends React.Component {
-  // componentDidMount () {
-  //   const { channel, requestId, requestChannelName, requestChannelId } = this.props;
-  //   if (!channel) {
-  //     return this.props.onNewChannelRequest(requestId, requestChannelName, requestChannelId);  // check the channel you have in the request and see you have no channel so fetch that channel?
-  //   }
-  // }
   render () {
     const { channel } = this.props;
     if (channel) {
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js b/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js
index 705de666..077d00c2 100644
--- a/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { handleShowPageUri } from 'actions/show';
-// import { onRequestError, onNewChannelRequest, onNewAssetRequest } from 'actions/show';
 import View from './view';
 
 const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {