diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index d657316..10b0018 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -236,18 +236,6 @@ void running_for_first_time (void) {
       exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     close (config_file_fd);
-    /*int auth_file_fd = open (get_auth_key_filename (), O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0600);
-    int x = -1;
-    assert (write (auth_file_fd, &x, 4) == 4);
-    close (auth_file_fd);
-
-    printf ("[%s] created\n", config_filename);*/
-
-    /* create downloads directory */
-    /*if (mkdir (downloads_directory, 0755) !=0) {
-      perror ("creating download directory");
-      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }*/
   }
 }