diff --git a/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/rwroute/PartialRouter.java b/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/rwroute/PartialRouter.java
index 8cd77be13..308c0f047 100644
--- a/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/rwroute/PartialRouter.java
+++ b/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/rwroute/PartialRouter.java
@@ -390,13 +390,6 @@ protected void addNetConnectionToRoutingTargets(Net net) {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    // Even though this connection is not expected to have any routing yet,
-                    // perform a rip up anyway in order to release any exclusive sinks
-                    // ahead of finishRouteConnection()
-                    // assert(connection.getRnodes().isEmpty());
-                    // connection.setRouted(false);
-                    // ripUp(connection);
-
                     RouteNode sinkRnode = connection.getSinkRnode();
                     finishRouteConnection(connection, sinkRnode);
                 }
@@ -592,13 +585,6 @@ protected NetWrapper unpreserveNet(Net net) {
                 assert(sourceRnode.getType() == RouteNodeType.PINFEED_O);
                 assert(sinkRnode.getType() == RouteNodeType.PINFEED_I);
 
-                // Even though this connection is not expected to have any routing yet,
-                // perform a rip up anyway in order to release any exclusive sinks
-                // ahead of finishRouteConnection()
-                // assert(connection.getRnodes().isEmpty());
-                // connection.setRouted(false);
-                // ripUp(connection);
-
                 finishRouteConnection(connection, sinkRnode);
             }