diff --git a/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/children.m b/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/children.m
index cfe8f4a82..f229ebd68 100644
--- a/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/children.m
+++ b/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/children.m
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 int main()
 {
   START_SET("NSXMLNode - handling children")
-    // testHopeful = YES;
   NS_DURING
   {
     NSXMLElement *node = [[NSXMLElement alloc] initWithKind: NSXMLElementKind];
diff --git a/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/kinds.m b/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/kinds.m
index ee6e16e93..a50562220 100644
--- a/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/kinds.m
+++ b/Tests/base/NSXMLNode/kinds.m
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 int main()
 {
   START_SET("NSXMLNode -initWithKind: initializer")
-    // testHopeful = YES;
   NSAutoreleasePool     *arp = [NSAutoreleasePool new];
   NSXMLNode           *node;
   NS_DURING