diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go b/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go
index 06f3a0e17d7..1ecef79c434 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go
@@ -64,21 +64,6 @@ func (arr *DefaultRuleReader) Fetch() []*Rule {
 }
 
 func (arr *DefaultRuleReader) heartbeat() {
-
-	//Lets cheat on this until we focus on clustering
-	//log.Info("Heartbeat: Sending heartbeat from " + this.serverId)
 	arr.clusterSize = 1
 	arr.serverPosition = 1
-
-	/*
-		cmd := &m.HeartBeatCommand{ServerId: this.serverId}
-		err := bus.Dispatch(cmd)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error(1, "Failed to send heartbeat.")
-		} else {
-			this.clusterSize = cmd.Result.ClusterSize
-			this.serverPosition = cmd.Result.UptimePosition
-		}
-	*/
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/reader_test.go b/pkg/services/alerting/reader_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ea9294d41c7..00000000000
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/reader_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-package alerting
-
-import (
-	//m "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestAlertingScheduler(t *testing.T) {
-	Convey("Testing alert job selection", t, func() {
-		/*
-			mockFn := func() []m.AlertRule {
-				return []m.AlertRule{
-					{Id: 1, Title: "test 1"},
-					{Id: 2, Title: "test 2"},
-					{Id: 3, Title: "test 3"},
-					{Id: 4, Title: "test 4"},
-					{Id: 5, Title: "test 5"},
-					{Id: 6, Title: "test 6"},
-				}
-			}
-
-			Convey("single server", func() {
-				scheduler := &Scheduler{
-					jobs:           make(map[int64]*AlertJob, 0),
-					runQueue:       make(chan *AlertJob, 1000),
-					serverId:       "",
-					serverPosition: 1,
-					clusterSize:    1,
-				}
-
-				scheduler.updateJobs(mockFn)
-				So(len(scheduler.jobs), ShouldEqual, 6)
-			})
-
-			Convey("two servers", func() {
-				scheduler := &Scheduler{
-					jobs:           make(map[int64]*AlertJob, 0),
-					runQueue:       make(chan *AlertJob, 1000),
-					serverId:       "",
-					serverPosition: 1,
-					clusterSize:    2,
-				}
-
-				scheduler.updateJobs(mockFn)
-				So(len(scheduler.jobs), ShouldEqual, 3)
-				So(scheduler.jobs[1].rule.Id, ShouldEqual, 1)
-			})
-
-			Convey("six servers", func() {
-				scheduler := &Scheduler{
-					jobs:           make(map[int64]*AlertJob, 0),
-					runQueue:       make(chan *AlertJob, 1000),
-					serverId:       "",
-					serverPosition: 6,
-					clusterSize:    6,
-				}
-
-				scheduler.updateJobs(mockFn)
-				So(len(scheduler.jobs), ShouldEqual, 1)
-				So(scheduler.jobs[6].rule.Id, ShouldEqual, 6)
-			})
-
-			Convey("more servers then alerts", func() {
-				mockFn := func() []m.AlertRule {
-					return []m.AlertRule{
-						{Id: 1, Title: "test 1"},
-					}
-				}
-
-				scheduler := &Scheduler{
-					jobs:           make(map[int64]*AlertJob, 0),
-					runQueue:       make(chan *AlertJob, 1000),
-					serverId:       "",
-					serverPosition: 3,
-					clusterSize:    3,
-				}
-
-				scheduler.updateJobs(mockFn)
-				So(len(scheduler.jobs), ShouldEqual, 0)
-			})
-		*/
-	})
-}
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/rule_test.go b/pkg/services/alerting/rule_test.go
index f8761efcd90..2a9e95e5723 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/rule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/rule_test.go
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ func TestAlertRuleModel(t *testing.T) {
 			Convey("Can read notifications", func() {
 				So(len(alertRule.Notifications), ShouldEqual, 2)
 			})
-			/*
-				Convey("Can read noDataMode", func() {
-					So(len(alertRule.NoDataMode), ShouldEqual, m.AlertStateCritical)
-				})
-			*/
 		})
 	})
 }