diff --git a/src/solanaceae/message3/file_r_file.hpp b/src/solanaceae/message3/file_r_file.hpp
index c7c4483..eb8b97a 100644
--- a/src/solanaceae/message3/file_r_file.hpp
+++ b/src/solanaceae/message3/file_r_file.hpp
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ struct FileRFile : public FileI {
 		// TODO: error check
 		_file.seekg(pos);
 
-#if 0
-		std::vector<uint8_t> chunk;
-		int read_char;
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < size && (_file_size == 0 || i+pos < _file_size) && (read_char = _file.get()) != std::ifstream::traits_type::eof(); i++) {
-			chunk.push_back(read_char);
-		}
-#else
 		std::vector<uint8_t> chunk(size);
 		const auto nread = _file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(chunk.data()), chunk.size()).gcount();
 		if (nread != std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max()) {
@@ -51,7 +44,6 @@ struct FileRFile : public FileI {
 		} else {
 			chunk.clear();
 		}
-#endif
 
 		_bytes_read += chunk.size();