diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index 458d60fd1..864ab2d1f 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -1644,7 +1644,6 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
                 and self._script_engine.failing_spiff_task is not None
             ):
                 self._script_engine.failing_spiff_task = None
-            # with open("do_engine_steps.json", 'w') as f: f.write(json.dumps(self.serialize(), indent=2))
 
     @classmethod
     def get_tasks_with_data(cls, bpmn_process_instance: BpmnWorkflow) -> List[SpiffTask]:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
index ac1f9c023..2e904a079 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
@@ -177,14 +177,9 @@ class TaskService:
         spiff_workflow: BpmnWorkflow,
         bpmn_process: BpmnProcessModel,
     ) -> None:
-        # bpmn_process_dict = self.serializer.workflow_to_dict(spiff_workflow)
         new_properties_json = copy.copy(bpmn_process.properties_json)
         new_properties_json["last_task"] = str(spiff_workflow.last_task.id) if spiff_workflow.last_task else None
         new_properties_json["success"] = spiff_workflow.success
-
-        # # update correlations correctly but always null out bpmn_messages since they get cleared out later
-        # new_properties_json['correlations'] = bpmn_process_dict['correlations']
-        # new_properties_json['bpmn_messages'] = []
         bpmn_process.properties_json = new_properties_json
 
         bpmn_process_json_data = self.__class__.update_task_data_on_bpmn_process(bpmn_process, spiff_workflow.data)