diff --git a/linux/spi/SpiComIF.h b/linux/spi/SpiComIF.h
index b91dd479..e454db21 100644
--- a/linux/spi/SpiComIF.h
+++ b/linux/spi/SpiComIF.h
@@ -54,19 +54,7 @@ private:
 
     SpiDeviceMap spiDeviceMap;
 
-//    /**
-//     * @brief   This function opens an SPI device and binds the opened file
-//     *          to a specific SPI address.
-//     * @param deviceFile    The name of the device file. E.g. spi-0
-//     * @param i2cAddress    The address of the SPI slave device.
-//     * @param fileDescriptor    Pointer to device descriptor.
-//     * @return  RETURN_OK if successful, otherwise RETURN_FAILED.
-//     */
-//    ReturnValue_t openDevice(std::string deviceFile, int* fileDescriptor, bool nonBlocking = false);
-
     ReturnValue_t getReadBuffer(address_t spiAddress, uint8_t** buffer);
 };
 
-
-
 #endif /* LINUX_SPI_SPICOMIF_H_ */