diff --git a/rust/ares/src/newt.rs b/rust/ares/src/newt.rs
index 882fac5..9522d01 100644
--- a/rust/ares/src/newt.rs
+++ b/rust/ares/src/newt.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ impl Newt {
     pub fn new_mock() -> Newt {
         Newt {
             input: std::fs::File::open("/dev/null").expect("newt: could not open /dev/null"),
-            //output: std::fs::File::open("/dev/null").expect("newt: could not open /dev/null"),
             output: std::fs::File::options()
             .read(true)
             .write(true)