diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 467f78b7..3f0e6840 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1057,11 +1057,6 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
                 lab[:set_family](axis[:tickfont].family)
                 lab[:set_rotation](axis[:rotation])
             end
-#            if sp[:grid]
-#                fgcolor = py_color(sp[:foreground_color_grid])
-#                pyaxis[:grid](true, color = fgcolor)
-#                ax[:set_axisbelow](true)
-#            end
             if axis[:grid]
                 fgcolor = py_color(sp[:foreground_color_grid])
                 pyaxis[:grid](true, color = fgcolor)