diff --git a/DataFormats/PatCandidates/src/PackedCandidate.cc b/DataFormats/PatCandidates/src/PackedCandidate.cc
index 0d7ee67a616e0..0271b99782a36 100644
--- a/DataFormats/PatCandidates/src/PackedCandidate.cc
+++ b/DataFormats/PatCandidates/src/PackedCandidate.cc
@@ -166,12 +166,10 @@ float pat::PackedCandidate::dz(const Point &p) const {
 }
 
 const reco::Track pat::PackedCandidate::pseudoPosDefTrack() const {
-  //if (posdeftrack_) return *posdeftrack_;
   // perform the regular unpacking of the track
   if (!track_)
     unpackTrk();
 
-  //      std::cout<<"unpacking enforcing positive-definite cov matrix"<<std::endl;
   //calculate the determinant and verify positivity
   double det = 0;
   bool notPosDef = (!(*m_).Sub<AlgebraicSymMatrix22>(0, 0).Det(det) || det < 0) ||
@@ -179,7 +177,6 @@ const reco::Track pat::PackedCandidate::pseudoPosDefTrack() const {
                    (!(*m_).Sub<AlgebraicSymMatrix44>(0, 0).Det(det) || det < 0) || (!(*m_).Det(det) || det < 0);
 
   if (notPosDef) {
-    //    std::cout << "during unpacking, the determinant is: " << det << std::endl;
     reco::TrackBase::CovarianceMatrix m(*m_);
     //if not positive-definite, alter values to allow for pos-def
     TMatrixDSym eigenCov(5);
@@ -200,10 +197,6 @@ const reco::Track pat::PackedCandidate::pseudoPosDefTrack() const {
         m(i, i) += delta - minEigenValue;
     }
 
-    //    bool notPosDef = (!m.Sub<AlgebraicSymMatrix22>(0, 0).Det(det) || det < 0) ||
-    //                 (!m.Sub<AlgebraicSymMatrix33>(0, 0).Det(det) || det < 0) ||
-    //                 (!m.Sub<AlgebraicSymMatrix44>(0, 0).Det(det) || det < 0) || (!m.Det(det) || det < 0);
-    //    std::cout << "    the determinant of the corrected covariance matrix is: " << det << std::endl;
     // make a track object with pos def covariance matrix
     return reco::Track(normalizedChi2_ * (*track_).ndof(),
                        (*track_).ndof(),