diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C
index e56cecd6f5..5ae06130ff 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/splitMeshRegions/splitMeshRegions.C
@@ -1350,72 +1350,6 @@ label findCorrespondingRegion
 }
 
 
-//// Checks if cellZone has corresponding cellRegion.
-//label findCorrespondingRegion
-//(
-//    const cellZoneMesh& cellZones,
-//    const labelList& existingZoneID,    // per cell the (unique) zoneID
-//    const labelList& cellRegion,
-//    const label nCellRegions,
-//    const label zoneI
-//)
-//{
-//    // Region corresponding to zone. Start off with special value: no
-//    // corresponding region.
-//    label regionI = labelMax;
-//
-//    const cellZone& cz = cellZones[zoneI];
-//
-//    if (cz.empty())
-//    {
-//        // My local portion is empty. Maps to any empty cellZone. Mark with
-//        // special value which can get overwritten by other processors.
-//        regionI = -1;
-//    }
-//    else
-//    {
-//        regionI = cellRegion[cz[0]];
-//
-//        forAll(cz, i)
-//        {
-//            if (cellRegion[cz[i]] != regionI)
-//            {
-//                regionI = labelMax;
-//                break;
-//            }
-//        }
-//    }
-//
-//    // Determine same zone over all processors.
-//    reduce(regionI, maxOp<label>());
-//
-//
-//    // 2. All of region present?
-//
-//    if (regionI == labelMax)
-//    {
-//        regionI = -1;
-//    }
-//    else if (regionI != -1)
-//    {
-//        forAll(cellRegion, cellI)
-//        {
-//            if (cellRegion[cellI] == regionI && existingZoneID[cellI] != zoneI)
-//            {
-//                // cellI in regionI but not in zoneI
-//                regionI = -1;
-//                break;
-//            }
-//        }
-//        // If one in error, all should be in error. Note that branch gets taken
-//        // on all procs.
-//        reduce(regionI, minOp<label>());
-//    }
-//
-//    return regionI;
-//}
-
-
 // Get zone per cell
 // - non-unique zoning
 // - coupled zones