diff --git a/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/Cargo.toml b/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/Cargo.toml
index 0ed8747..9cc878c 100644
--- a/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 cairo-rs = "0.20.1"
 gtk = { package = "gtk4", version = "0.9.0" }
-##minifb = "0.27.0"
 nalgebra = "0.33.0"
 plotters = "0.3.6"
 plotters-cairo = "0.7.0"
-##plotters-gtk4 = { git = "https://github.com/baarkerlounger/plotters-gtk4.git", branch = "patch-1" }
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = "s" # optimize for small code size
diff --git a/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/src/main.rs b/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/src/main.rs
index 1a3a787..f51389d 100644
--- a/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/src/main.rs
+++ b/lang-trials/rust-benchmark-native/src/main.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ use gtk::{
     DrawingArea,
     Label,
     Orientation,
-    /*Picture,*/
     Scale
 };
-/*use plotters_gtk4::Paintable;*/
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 mod engine;
@@ -40,10 +38,6 @@ fn main() -> glib::ExitCode {
         .build();
     
     app.connect_activate(|app| {
-        /* run time is typically 77 ms, but at one point i was consistently
-        getting more like 260 ms. it's not clear what was causing that. building
-        from scratch seemed to give the short run time, and waiting a while
-        since the last build might also have had some effect */
         const TIME_RES: usize = 100;
         let start_time = Instant::now();
         let eigval_series = engine::rand_eigval_series(60, TIME_RES);