diff --git a/vtk/src/layers/EGlyphLayer.cpp b/vtk/src/layers/EGlyphLayer.cpp
index b4d5b28..9549d92 100644
--- a/vtk/src/layers/EGlyphLayer.cpp
+++ b/vtk/src/layers/EGlyphLayer.cpp
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ void EGlyphLayer::readCoordinates() {
   this->direction->SetNumberOfTuples(numLats*numLons); 
   points->Allocate(numLats*numLons);
 
-  // auto camera = createNormalisedCamera();
-  // ren->SetActiveCamera(camera);
-
   int i = 0;
   for (double lat : lats) {
     for (double lon : lons) {
diff --git a/vtk/src/layers/LGlyphLayer.cpp b/vtk/src/layers/LGlyphLayer.cpp
index bbcc404..57821b8 100644
--- a/vtk/src/layers/LGlyphLayer.cpp
+++ b/vtk/src/layers/LGlyphLayer.cpp
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ LGlyphLayer::LGlyphLayer() {
     this->data = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
     this->data->SetPoints(this->points);
 
-    auto camera = createNormalisedCamera();
-    ren->SetActiveCamera(camera);
-
-    // TODO: this line seemed to do nothing?
-    // auto transform = createCartographicTransformFilter();
-
     vtkSmartPointer<vtkTransformFilter> transformFilter = createCartographicTransformFilter();
     transformFilter->SetInputData(data);