diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 268f873216..dc67b6ddc1 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3125,8 +3125,8 @@ David  April 5 2008
         parse.h
         procinfo_unix.C
 
-Charlie April 4 2008
-    Mac: Fix new backtrace code for x86_64 Client and project applcations.
+Charlie April 7 2008
+    Mac: Fix new backtrace code for x86_64 Client and project applications.
 
     lib/
         mac/
diff --git a/lib/mac/mac_backtrace.C b/lib/mac/mac_backtrace.C
index 31e1ad08b2..60db402ee9 100644
--- a/lib/mac/mac_backtrace.C
+++ b/lib/mac/mac_backtrace.C
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ void PrintBacktrace(void) {
     QCrashReportRef             crRef = NULL;
 
     char                        nameBuf[256], pathToThisProcess[1024], pipeBuf[1024];
-    int                         pathLen;
     const NXArchInfo            *localArch;
     char                        OSMinorVersion;
     time_t                      t;
@@ -167,11 +166,6 @@ void PrintBacktrace(void) {
         }
         setenv("NSUnbufferedIO", "YES", 1);
         
-//        pathLen = readlink(pathToThisProcess, pathToThisProcess, sizeof(pathToThisProcess));
-//        if (pathLen >= 0) { // readlink() returns -1 if not a aymbolic link
-//            pathToThisProcess[pathLen] = '\0';
-//        }
-        
         // For some reason, using the -p option with the value from getpid() 
         // fails here but the -o option with a path does work.
 #ifdef __x86_64__