diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
index a8178381c..df2fc1ec8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ class SpankwireIE(InfoExtractor):
             r'by\s*<a href="/(?:user/viewProfile|Profile\.aspx)\?.*?UserId=(\d+).*?"',
             webpage, 'uploader id', fatal=False)
         upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_regex(
-            # r'</a> on (.+?) at \d+:\d+',
             r'</span>(.+?) at \d+:\d+ (AM|PM) by',
             webpage, 'upload date', fatal=False))