diff --git a/tests/t0124_gateway_ipns_record_test.go b/tests/t0124_gateway_ipns_record_test.go
index 7a41b23f5..751ae6498 100644
--- a/tests/t0124_gateway_ipns_record_test.go
+++ b/tests/t0124_gateway_ipns_record_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ func TestGatewayIPNSRecord(t *testing.T) {
 	// ipfs dag import ../t0124-gateway-ipns-record/fixtures.car &&
 	// ipfs routing put /ipns/${IPNS_KEY} ../t0124-gateway-ipns-record/${IPNS_KEY}.ipns-record
 	// '
-	// TODO: what if you'd import with `t0124/simple-id.ipns-record`,
-	// then the loader "just" finds the file with `peer_id_simple-id.ipns-record`?
 	ipns := ipns.MustOpenIPNSRecordWithKey("t0124/k51qzi5uqu5dh71qgwangrt6r0nd4094i88nsady6qgd1dhjcyfsaqmpp143ab.ipns-record")
 	ipnsKey := ipns.Key()
 
diff --git a/tooling/ipns/ipns.go b/tooling/ipns/ipns.go
index 9eada8d5f..0a7b80550 100644
--- a/tooling/ipns/ipns.go
+++ b/tooling/ipns/ipns.go
@@ -66,22 +66,4 @@ func MustOpenIPNSRecordWithKey(file string) *IpnsRecord {
 	}
 
 	return ipnsRecord
-}
-
-// func MustOpenDNSLink(file string) *DNSLinks {
-// 	fixturePath := path.Join(fixtures.Dir(), file)
-// 	dnsLinks, err := OpenDNSLink(fixturePath)
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		panic(err)
-// 	}
-
-// 	return dnsLinks
-// }
-
-// func (d *DNSLinks) Get(id string) string {
-// 	dnsLink, ok := d.DNSLinks[id]
-// 	if !ok {
-// 		panic(fmt.Errorf("dnslink %s not found", id))
-// 	}
-// 	return dnsLink.Subdomain
-// }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tooling/ipns/record.go b/tooling/ipns/record.go
index 5da303eba..49be37a34 100644
--- a/tooling/ipns/record.go
+++ b/tooling/ipns/record.go
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ func UnmarshalIpnsRecord(data []byte) (*IpnsRecord, error) {
 }
 
 func (i *IpnsRecord) WithKey(key string) *IpnsRecord {
-	// TODO: for some reason our keys are set to `"m"`, figure out why and reenable this check if possible.
-	// if i.entry.PublicKey != "" && i.entry.PublicKey != key {
-	// 	panic(fmt.Errorf("public key mismatch: %s != %s", i.entry.PublicKey, key))
-	// }
-
 	i.Entry.PublicKey = key
 	return i
 }