diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index e2089e560..2f904427a 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -151,26 +151,6 @@ else
     # Handle generated factor tests
     t_first=00
     t_max=37
-    # t_max_release=20
-    # if test "${UU_MAKE_PROFILE}" != "debug"; then
-    #     # Generate the factor tests, so they can be fixed
-    #     # * reduced to 20 to decrease log size (down from 36 expected by GNU)
-    #     # * only for 'release', skipped for 'debug' as redundant and too time consuming (causing timeout errors)
-    #     seq=$(
-    #         i=${t_first}
-    #         while test "${i}" -le "${t_max_release}"; do
-    #             printf '%02d ' $i
-    #             i=$((i + 1))
-    #         done
-    #     )
-    #     for i in ${seq}; do
-    #         "${MAKE}" "tests/factor/t${i}.sh"
-    #     done
-    #     cat
-    #     sed -i -e 's|^seq |/usr/bin/seq |' -e 's|sha1sum |/usr/bin/sha1sum |' tests/factor/t*.sh
-    #     t_first=$((t_max_release + 1))
-    # fi
-    # strip all (debug) or just the longer (release) factor tests from Makefile
     seq=$(
         i=${t_first}
         while test "${i}" -le "${t_max}"; do