diff --git a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go
index 41e93b4f3cb..cafaaddaa4d 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg.go
@@ -88,45 +88,6 @@ func Update(name string, client client.ClientInterface, updatePeriod time.Durati
 	return nil
 }
 
-/*// RequestWithBody is a helper method that creates an HTTP request with the specified url, method
-// and a body read from 'configFile'
-func requestWithBody(configFile, url, method string) (*http.Request, error) {
-	if len(configFile) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("empty config file.")
-	}
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(configFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return requestWithBodyData(data, url, method)
-}
-
-// RequestWithBodyData is a helper method that creates an HTTP request with the specified url, method
-// and body data
-func requestWithBodyData(data []byte, url, method string) (*http.Request, error) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, bytes.NewBuffer(data))
-	request.ContentLength = int64(len(data))
-	return request, err
-}
-
-// Execute a request, adds authentication (if auth != nil), and HTTPS cert ignoring.
-func doRequest(request *http.Request, auth *client.AuthInfo) ([]byte, error) {
-	if auth != nil {
-		request.SetBasicAuth(auth.User, auth.Password)
-	}
-	tr := &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
-	}
-	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	if err != nil {
-		return []byte{}, err
-	}
-	defer response.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	return body, err
-}*/
-
 // StopController stops a controller named 'name' by setting replicas to zero
 func StopController(name string, client client.ClientInterface) error {
 	controller, err := client.GetReplicationController(name)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go
index eb3cbcc50ef..b016fccca3d 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcfg/cloudcfg_test.go
@@ -258,17 +258,6 @@ func TestCloudCfgDeleteControllerWithReplicas(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-/*
-func TestRequestWithBodyNoSuchFile(t *testing.T) {
-	request, err := requestWithBody("non/existent/file.json", "http://www.google.com", "GET")
-	if request != nil {
-		t.Error("Unexpected non-nil result")
-	}
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("Unexpected non-error")
-	}
-}*/
-
 func TestLoadAuthInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	testAuthInfo := &client.AuthInfo{
 		User:     "TestUser",
diff --git a/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go b/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go
index 02c13791a99..fe914efe942 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudcfg/resource_printer.go
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) printStatus(status *api.Status, w io.Writer) erro
 	return err
 }
 
-// TODO replace this with something that returns a concrete printer object, rather than
-//  having the secondary switch below.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) Print(data []byte, output io.Writer) error {
 	var mapObj map[string]interface{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &mapObj); err != nil {