diff --git a/projects/std/src/prelude.abra b/projects/std/src/prelude.abra
index 45323ee7..11b2ff63 100644
--- a/projects/std/src/prelude.abra
+++ b/projects/std/src/prelude.abra
@@ -243,39 +243,6 @@ type CharsIterator {
     }
 
     self._decodeChar()
-    // if self._i >= self._numBytes return None
-
-    // val b1 = self._bytes.offset(self._i).load().asInt()
-    // self._i += 1
-    // if b1 < 128 return Some(Char.fromInt(b1))
-
-    // // Begin multi-byte cases, obtain first continuation byte
-    // if self._i >= self._numBytes unreachable("invalid utf-8 encoding: continuation byte expected given first byte ${b1.hex()}")
-    // val b2 = self._bytes.offset(self._i).load().asInt()
-    // self._i += 1
-
-    // // 3-byte case
-    // if b1 >= 0b11100000 {
-    //   if self._i >= self._numBytes unreachable("invalid utf-8 encoding: continuation byte expected given first byte ${b1.hex()}")
-    //   val b3 = self._bytes.offset(self._i).load().asInt()
-    //   self._i += 1
-
-    //   // 4-byte case
-    //   if b1 >= 0b11110000 {
-    //     if self._i >= self._numBytes unreachable("invalid utf-8 encoding: continuation byte expected given first byte ${b1.hex()}")
-    //     val b4 = self._bytes.offset(self._i).load().asInt()
-    //     self._i += 1
-
-    //     val ch = ((b1 && 0b00000111) << 18) || ((b2 && 0b00111111) << 12) || ((b3 && 0b00111111) << 6) || (b4 && 0b00111111)
-    //     return Some(Char.fromInt(ch))
-    //   }
-
-    //   val ch = ((b1 && 0b00001111) << 12) || ((b2 && 0b00111111) << 6) || (b3 && 0b00111111)
-    //   return Some(Char.fromInt(ch))
-    // }
-
-    // val ch = ((b1 && 0b00011111) << 6) || (b2 && 0b00111111)
-    // Some(Char.fromInt(ch))
   }
 
   func _decodeChar(self): Char? {