diff --git a/atst/routes/requests/approval.py b/atst/routes/requests/approval.py
index 5b3bcd92..3d009bc8 100644
--- a/atst/routes/requests/approval.py
+++ b/atst/routes/requests/approval.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ from atst.domain.exceptions import NotFoundError
 from atst.forms.ccpo_review import CCPOReviewForm
 from atst.forms.internal_comment import InternalCommentForm
 
-from datetime import date
-
 
 def map_ccpo_authorizing(user):
     return {"fname_ccpo": user.first_name, "lname_ccpo": user.last_name}
@@ -33,20 +31,6 @@ def render_approval(request, form=None, internal_comment_form=None):
     if not internal_comment_form:
         internal_comment_form = InternalCommentForm()
 
-    # Dummy internal comments
-    comments = [
-        {
-            "time_created": date(2018, 9, 18),
-            "full_name_commenter": "Darth Vader",
-            "message": "We'll have no more of this Obi-Wan Kenobi jibberish...and don't talk to me about your mission, either. You're fortunate he doesn't blast you into a million pieces right here. ",
-        },
-        {
-            "time_created": date(2018, 9, 20),
-            "full_name_commenter": "Grand Moff Tarkin",
-            "message": "We'll have no more of this Obi-Wan Kenobi jibberish...and don't talk to me about your mission, either. You're fortunate he doesn't blast you into a million pieces right here. ",
-        },
-    ]
-
     return render_template(
         "requests/approval.html",
         data=data,
diff --git a/templates/requests/approval.html b/templates/requests/approval.html
index 5e607f57..3baa48c9 100644
--- a/templates/requests/approval.html
+++ b/templates/requests/approval.html
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
 
     </section>
 
-    {{ Alert('Comments and comment form are fake!',
-      message="<p>Please note, the comments and comment form below are just mocked out. Submitting it will do nothing. These will be hooked up to real functionality shortly. </p><p><strong>Engineer: please remove this alert when you do your thing.</strong></p>",
-      level='warning'
-    ) }}
-
     <section class='internal-notes' id='ccpo-notes'>
       <form method="POST" action="{{ url_for('requests.create_internal_comment', request_id=request.id) }}">
         <div class='panel'>