diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Spies.pm b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Spies.pm
index 03bdfba6..65c545b9 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Spies.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Spies.pm
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use DateTime;
 use feature "switch";
 use Lacuna::Constants qw(ORE_TYPES FOOD_TYPES SHIP_TYPES);
 
-#with 'Lacuna::Role::Captcha::Spies';
 
 __PACKAGE__->table('spies');
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/Role/Captcha/Spies.pm b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Captcha/Spies.pm
index 60009540..bcef1e94 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/Role/Captcha/Spies.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Captcha/Spies.pm
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@ package Lacuna::Role::Captcha::Spies;
 
 use Moose::Role;
 
-=pod
-before 'assign' => sub {
-	my ($self, $assignment) = @_;
-	my $empire = $self->empire();
-	my $session = $empire->current_session; # this is undefined?!??
-	unless ($session->check_captcha()) {
-		confess [1016,'Needs to solve a captcha.'];
-	}
-};
-=cut
-
-
 before 'assign_spy' => sub {
     my ($self, $session_id, $building_id, $spy_id, $assignment) = @_;
     my $empire = $self->get_empire_by_session($session_id);