diff --git a/src/kick/kick.f90 b/src/kick/kick.f90
index efad4702a..56e74dfcd 100644
--- a/src/kick/kick.f90
+++ b/src/kick/kick.f90
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ module pure subroutine kick_getacch_int_tp(self, GMpl, xhp, npl)
             acc(:) = 0.0_DP
             do j = 1, npl
                dx(:) = tp%xh(:,i) - xhp(:, j)
-               !rji2 = dot_product(dx(:), dx(:))
-               !irij3 = 1.0_DP / (rji2 * sqrt(rji2))
-               !fac = GMpl(j) * irij3
                r2 = dot_product(dx(:), dx(:))
                fac = GMpl(j) / (r2 * sqrt(r2))
                acc(:) = acc(:) - fac * dx(:)