diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index a417d3fb..bb7af4d7 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -194,84 +194,6 @@ function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
   d_out[:xaxis] = plotlyaxis(d, true)
   d_out[:yaxis] = plotlyaxis(d, false)
 
-  # # x-axis
-  # d_out[:xaxis] = Dict(
-  #     :title      => d[:xlabel],
-  #     :showgrid   => d[:grid],
-  #     :zeroline   => false,
-  #   )
-  # merge!(d_out[:xaxis], if use_axis_field(d[:xticks])
-  #   ax = Dict(
-  #       :titlefont  => plotlyfont(d[:guidefont]),
-  #       :type       => plotlyscale(d[:xscale]),
-  #       :tickfont   => plotlyfont(d[:tickfont]),
-  #       :tickcolor  => fgcolor,
-  #       :linecolor  => fgcolor,
-  #     )
-
-  #   # xlims
-  #   lims = d[:xlims]
-  #   if lims != :auto && limsType(lims) == :limits
-  #     ax[:range] = lims
-  #   end
-
-  #   # xflip
-  #   if d[:xflip]
-  #     ax[:autorange] = "reversed"
-  #   end
-
-  #   # xticks
-  #   ticks = d[:xticks]
-  #   if ticks != :auto
-  #     ttype = ticksType(ticks)
-  #     if ttype == :ticks
-  #       ax[:tickmode] = "array"
-  #       ax[:tickvals] = ticks
-  #     elseif ttype == :ticks_and_labels
-  #       ax[:tickmode] = "array"
-  #       ax[:tickvals], ax[:ticktext] = ticks
-  #     end
-  #   end
-
-  #   ax
-  # else
-  #   Dict(
-  #       :showticklabels => false,
-  #       :showgrid       => false,
-  #     )
-  # end)
-
-
-  # # y-axis
-  # d_out[:yaxis] = Dict(
-  #     :title      => d[:ylabel],
-  #     :showgrid   => d[:grid],
-  #     :zeroline   => false,
-  #   )
-  # merge!(d_out[:yaxis], if use_axis_field(d[:yticks])
-  #   Dict(
-  #       :titlefont  => plotlyfont(d[:guidefont]),
-  #       :type       => plotlyscale(d[:yscale]),
-  #       :tickfont   => plotlyfont(d[:tickfont]),
-  #       :tickcolor  => fgcolor,
-  #       :linecolor  => fgcolor,
-  #     )
-  # else
-  #   Dict(
-  #       :showticklabels => false,
-  #       :showgrid       => false,
-  #     )
-  # end)
-
-  # lims = d[:ylims]
-  # if lims != :auto && limsType(lims) == :limits
-  #   d_out[:yaxis][:range] = lims
-  # end
-
-  # if d[:yflip]
-  #   d_out[:yaxis][:autorange] = "reversed"
-  # end
-
   # legend
   d_out[:showlegend] = d[:legend]
   if d[:legend]