diff --git a/engine-proto/gram-test/overlapping-pyramids.jl b/engine-proto/gram-test/overlapping-pyramids.jl
index cf4b88d..a4ae01a 100644
--- a/engine-proto/gram-test/overlapping-pyramids.jl
+++ b/engine-proto/gram-test/overlapping-pyramids.jl
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ end
 gram = sparse(J, K, values)
 
 # set the independent variable
-#
-# using gram[6, 2] or gram[7, 1] as the independent variable seems to stall
-# convergence, even if its value comes from a known solution, like
-#
-#   gram[6, 2] = 0.9936131705272925
-#
 indep_val = -9//5
 gram[6, 1] = BigFloat(indep_val)
 gram[1, 6] = gram[6, 1]