diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/AppearanceUserSettingsTab.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/AppearanceUserSettingsTab.tsx
index 5d3596911f..80a20d8afa 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/AppearanceUserSettingsTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/AppearanceUserSettingsTab.tsx
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ import { FontWatcher } from "../../../../../settings/watchers/FontWatcher";
 import { RecheckThemePayload } from '../../../../../dispatcher/payloads/RecheckThemePayload';
 import { Action } from '../../../../../dispatcher/actions';
 import { IValidationResult, IFieldState } from '../../../elements/Validation';
-//import StyledRadioButton from '../../../elements/StyledRadioButton';
 import StyledCheckbox from '../../../elements/StyledCheckbox';
 import SettingsFlag from '../../../elements/SettingsFlag';
 import Field from '../../../elements/Field';
 import EventTilePreview from '../../../elements/EventTilePreview';
 import StyledRadioGroup from "../../../elements/StyledRadioGroup";
-//import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { SettingLevel } from "../../../../../settings/SettingLevel";
 import {UIFeature} from "../../../../../settings/UIFeature";
 import {Layout} from "../../../../../settings/Layout";
@@ -214,16 +212,6 @@ export default class AppearanceUserSettingsTab extends React.Component<IProps, I
         this.setState({customThemeUrl: e.target.value});
     };
 
-    /*private onLayoutChange = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>): void => {
-        const val = e.target.value === "true";
-
-        this.setState({
-            useIRCLayout: val,
-        });
-
-        SettingsStore.setValue("useIRCLayout", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, val);
-    };*/
-
     private onIRCLayoutChange = (enabled: boolean) => {
         if (enabled) {
             this.setState({layout: Layout.IRC});
@@ -353,50 +341,6 @@ export default class AppearanceUserSettingsTab extends React.Component<IProps, I
         </div>;
     }
 
-    /*private renderLayoutSection = () => {
-        return <div className="mx_SettingsTab_section mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout">
-            <span className="mx_SettingsTab_subheading">{_t("Message layout")}</span>
-
-            <div className="mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout_RadioButtons">
-                <div className={classNames("mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout_RadioButton", {
-                    mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout_RadioButton_selected: this.state.useIRCLayout,
-                })}>
-                    <EventTilePreview
-                        className="mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout_RadioButton_preview"
-                        message={this.MESSAGE_PREVIEW_TEXT}
-                        useIRCLayout={true}
-                    />
-                    <StyledRadioButton
-                        name="layout"
-                        value="true"
-                        checked={this.state.useIRCLayout}
-                        onChange={this.onLayoutChange}
-                    >
-                        {_t("Compact")}
-                    </StyledRadioButton>
-                </div>
-                <div className="mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_spacer" />
-                <div className={classNames("mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout_RadioButton", {
-                    mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout_RadioButton_selected: !this.state.useIRCLayout,
-                })}>
-                    <EventTilePreview
-                        className="mx_AppearanceUserSettingsTab_Layout_RadioButton_preview"
-                        message={this.MESSAGE_PREVIEW_TEXT}
-                        useIRCLayout={false}
-                    />
-                    <StyledRadioButton
-                        name="layout"
-                        value="false"
-                        checked={!this.state.useIRCLayout}
-                        onChange={this.onLayoutChange}
-                    >
-                        {_t("Modern")}
-                    </StyledRadioButton>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>;
-    };*/
-
     private renderAdvancedSection() {
         if (!SettingsStore.getValue(UIFeature.AdvancedSettings)) return null;