diff --git a/Lib/lua/typemaps.i b/Lib/lua/typemaps.i
index a930b038f..0715e0cea 100644
--- a/Lib/lua/typemaps.i
+++ b/Lib/lua/typemaps.i
@@ -188,16 +188,6 @@ int SWIG_read_NAME_num_array(lua_State* L,int index,TYPE *array,int size);
 
 */
 
-/* Reported that you don't need to check for NULL for delete & free
-There probably is some compiler that its not true for, so the code is left here just in case.
-#ifdef __cplusplus	
-#define SWIG_ALLOC_ARRAY(TYPE,LEN) 	new TYPE[LEN]
-#define SWIG_FREE_ARRAY(PTR)		delete[] PTR
-#else
-#define SWIG_ALLOC_ARRAY(TYPE,LEN) 	(TYPE *)malloc(LEN*sizeof(TYPE))
-#define SWIG_FREE_ARRAY(PTR)		free(PTR)
-#endif
-*/
 %{
 #ifdef __cplusplus	/* generic alloc/dealloc fns*/
 #define SWIG_ALLOC_ARRAY(TYPE,LEN) 	new TYPE[LEN]