diff --git a/util/deploy.py b/util/deploy.py
index 409f0fa6..97cb8cb0 100644
--- a/util/deploy.py
+++ b/util/deploy.py
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
 deploy_msg = f'{current_msg}\n-----\n\nDeployed from {current_hash}'
 print(f'Deploy commit message:\n{deploy_msg}')
 
-## checkout current working branch
-#os.popen(f'{GIT_CHECKOUT_CMD} {current_branch}')
-#time.sleep(0.5)
-
 # spawn or switch to deploy branch
 if last_deploy_hash == '':
     # create new deploy branch
@@ -61,15 +57,9 @@
 time.sleep(2)
 
 # merge feature into deploy branch
-print('\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n')
 os.popen(f'{GIT_MERGE_SQUASH_CMD} {ORIGIN}/{current_branch}')
 time.sleep(0.5)
 
-print('\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n')
-print(os.popen('git status').read())
-
-sys.exit(0)
-
 # selectively deactivate gitignore to check in generated files
 with open('target/rtl/.gitignore', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     content = f.read().split('\n')[:-1]