diff --git a/ddtrace/appsec/_iast/_taint_tracking/_native.cpp b/ddtrace/appsec/_iast/_taint_tracking/_native.cpp
index 1048767e6db..af973ecd7e9 100644
--- a/ddtrace/appsec/_iast/_taint_tracking/_native.cpp
+++ b/ddtrace/appsec/_iast/_taint_tracking/_native.cpp
@@ -61,18 +61,8 @@ static struct PyModuleDef ops = { PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(_native, m)
 {
-    // std::string iast_enabled = std::string(std::getenv("DD_IAST_ENABLED"));
-    // std::transform(
-    //   iast_enabled.begin(), iast_enabled.end(), iast_enabled.begin(), [](unsigned char c) { return std::tolower(c);
-    //   });
-    // if (iast_enabled != "true" && iast_enabled != "1")
-    //     return;
-
     initializer = make_unique<Initializer>();
     initializer->create_context();
-    // Cleanup code to be run at the end of the interpreter lifetime:
-    // auto atexit = py::module::import("atexit");
-    // atexit.attr("register")(py::cpp_function([] { initializer.reset(); }));
 
     m.doc() = "Native Python module";