diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 50218fc94b..9b8fb2be93 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3556,14 +3556,6 @@ void Application::updateParticleSystem(float deltaTime) {
         
         if (_coolDemoParticleEmitter != -1) {
                        
-           glm::vec3 tilt = glm::vec3
-            (
-                30.0f * sinf( t * 0.55f ),
-                0.0f,
-                30.0f * cosf( t * 0.75f )
-            );
-         
-            //_particleSystem.setEmitterRotation(_coolDemoParticleEmitter, glm::quat(glm::radians(tilt)));
             _particleSystem.setEmitterDirection(_coolDemoParticleEmitter, glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f));
             
             ParticleSystem::ParticleAttributes attributes;
diff --git a/interface/src/Hand.cpp b/interface/src/Hand.cpp
index 3f8b4d6a0f..b896ffcd0e 100755
--- a/interface/src/Hand.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Hand.cpp
@@ -254,8 +254,6 @@ void Hand::updateFingerParticles(float deltaTime) {
                     
         for ( int f = 0; f< NUM_FINGERS_PER_HAND; f ++ ) {
         
-            //_particleSystem.setShowingEmitter(f, true);
-
             _fingerParticleEmitter[f] = _particleSystem.addEmitter();
             
             assert( _fingerParticleEmitter[f] != -1 );
diff --git a/interface/src/ParticleSystem.cpp b/interface/src/ParticleSystem.cpp
index 2115dd42b9..efc57c2e18 100644
--- a/interface/src/ParticleSystem.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ParticleSystem.cpp
@@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ void ParticleSystem::updateParticle(int p, float deltaTime) {
     }
     
     // apply tornado force
-    
-    
-    //glm::vec3 emitterUp = myEmitter.rotation * IDENTITY_UP;    
-    
     glm::vec3 tornadoDirection = glm::cross(vectorToHome, myEmitter.direction);
     _particle[p].velocity += tornadoDirection * myEmitter.particleAttributes[lifeStage].tornadoForce * deltaTime;