diff --git a/R/recode_into.r b/R/recode_into.r
index 7cb4d8340..add3f27f3 100644
--- a/R/recode_into.r
+++ b/R/recode_into.r
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ recode_into <- function(..., data = NULL, default = NA, overwrite = TRUE, verbos
     # if user doesn't want to overwrite, remove already recoded indices
     if (!overwrite) {
       index[which(index)[already_exists]] <- FALSE
-      # index <- index[which(index)[!already_exists]]
     }
     out[index] <- value
   }