diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/client/BaseClient.java b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/client/BaseClient.java
index 486641b..90a8c30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/client/BaseClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/adlnet/xapi/client/BaseClient.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 //import android.util.Base64;
 import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
-//import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ protected void init(URL uri, String user, String password) {
 		this.password = password;
 //        this.authString = "Basic " + Base64.encodeToString((this.username + ":" + this.password).getBytes(), Base64.DEFAULT);
         this.authString = "Basic " + DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary((this.username + ":" + this.password).getBytes());
-//        this.authString = "Basic " + Base64.encodeBase64((this.username + ":" + this.password).getBytes()).toString();
     }
 
 	protected String readFromConnection(HttpURLConnection conn)