diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
index 9d3f60ac7e..b769eb7931 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
@@ -816,29 +816,4 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			}
 		});
 	}
-
-	// todo: looks to be dead code copypasted from Element.add_css_class in src/compile/nodes/Element.ts
-	// add_css_class(class_name = this.component.stylesheet.id) {
-	// 	const class_attribute = this.attributes.find(a => a.name === 'class');
-	// 	if (class_attribute && !class_attribute.is_true) {
-	// 		if (class_attribute.chunks.length === 1 && class_attribute.chunks[0].type === 'Text') {
-	// 			(class_attribute.chunks[0] as Text).data += ` ${class_name}`;
-	// 		} else {
-	// 			(class_attribute.chunks as Node[]).push(
-	// 				new Text(this.component, this, this.scope, {
-	// 					type: 'Text',
-	// 					data: ` ${class_name}`
-	// 				})
-	// 			);
-	// 		}
-	// 	} else {
-	// 		this.attributes.push(
-	// 			new Attribute(this.component, this, this.scope, {
-	// 				type: 'Attribute',
-	// 				name: 'class',
-	// 				value: [{ type: 'Text', data: class_name }]
-	// 			})
-	// 		);
-	// 	}
-	// }
 }