diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMInteriorFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMInteriorFrame.java
index 802a48c..a81adcc 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMInteriorFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMInteriorFrame.java
@@ -296,11 +296,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public int split(ITreeIndexFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, ISplitKey splitKey) throws TreeIndexException {
-
-    	// TODO: ALEX
-        //rightFrame.setPageTupleFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-        //frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-
         RTreeSplitKey rTreeSplitKey = ((RTreeSplitKey) splitKey);
         RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter rTreeTupleWriterLeftFrame = ((RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter) tupleWriter);
         RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter rTreeTupleWriterRightFrame = ((RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter) rightFrame.getTupleWriter());
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMLeafFrame.java
index 71ffea1..5b4ef49 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreeNSMLeafFrame.java
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@
     @Override
     public int split(ITreeIndexFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, ISplitKey splitKey) throws TreeIndexException {
 
-        // TODO: ALEX CHANGES
-    	//rightFrame.setPageTupleFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-        //frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-
         RTreeSplitKey rTreeSplitKey = ((RTreeSplitKey) splitKey);
         RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter rTreeTupleWriterLeftFrame = ((RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter) tupleWriter);
         RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter rTreeTupleWriterRightFrame = ((RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter) rightFrame.getTupleWriter());