diff --git a/src/detect-engine.c b/src/detect-engine.c
index b1799846c3..397edb353a 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine.c
@@ -3104,15 +3104,6 @@ static int DetectEngineCtxLoadConf(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
     return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * getting & (re)setting the internal sig i
- */
-
-//inline uint32_t DetectEngineGetMaxSigId(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
-//{
-//    return de_ctx->signum;
-//}
-
 void DetectEngineResetMaxSigId(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
 {
     de_ctx->signum = 0;
diff --git a/src/detect-engine.h b/src/detect-engine.h
index b59b428881..08bd77c961 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ void *DetectThreadCtxGetGlobalKeywordThreadCtx(DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx, i
 
 TmEcode DetectEngineThreadCtxInit(ThreadVars *, void *, void **);
 TmEcode DetectEngineThreadCtxDeinit(ThreadVars *, void *);
-//inline uint32_t DetectEngineGetMaxSigId(DetectEngineCtx *);
 /* faster as a macro than a inline function on my box -- VJ */
 #define DetectEngineGetMaxSigId(de_ctx) ((de_ctx)->signum)
 void DetectEngineResetMaxSigId(DetectEngineCtx *);