diff --git a/src/ledger.rs b/src/ledger.rs
index fa71153c77..ccb713a5e0 100644
--- a/src/ledger.rs
+++ b/src/ledger.rs
@@ -397,22 +397,6 @@ pub fn read_ledger(
     Ok(LedgerReader { data })
 }
 
-///// copy ledger is doesn't fix up the "from" ledger
-//pub fn copy_ledger(from: &str, to: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
-//    let mut to = LedgerWriter::new(to, true)?;
-//
-//    let from = Path::new(&from);
-//
-//    // for a copy, we read "readonly" from data
-//    let data = File::open(from.join("data"))?;
-//
-//    for entry in (LedgerReader { data }) {
-//        let entry = entry?;
-//        to.write_entry(&entry)?;
-//    }
-//    Ok(())
-//}
-
 // a Block is a slice of Entries
 pub trait Block {
     /// Verifies the hashes and counts of a slice of transactions are all consistent.
@@ -873,31 +857,4 @@ mod tests {
         let _ignored = remove_dir_all(&ledger_path);
     }
 
-    //    #[test]
-    //    fn test_copy_ledger() {
-    //        use logger;
-    //        logger::setup();
-    //
-    //        let from = tmp_ledger_path("test_ledger_copy_from");
-    //        let entries = make_tiny_test_entries(10);
-    //
-    //        let mut writer = LedgerWriter::new(&from, true).unwrap();
-    //        writer.write_entries(entries.clone()).unwrap();
-    //
-    //        let to = tmp_ledger_path("test_ledger_copy_to");
-    //
-    //        copy_ledger(&from, &to).unwrap();
-    //
-    //        let mut read_entries = vec![];
-    //        for x in read_ledger(&to).unwrap() {
-    //            let entry = x.unwrap();
-    //            trace!("entry... {:?}", entry);
-    //            read_entries.push(entry);
-    //        }
-    //        assert_eq!(read_entries, entries);
-    //
-    //        std::fs::remove_dir_all(from).unwrap();
-    //        std::fs::remove_dir_all(to).unwrap();
-    //    }
-
 }