diff --git a/signingscript/src/signingscript/sign.py b/signingscript/src/signingscript/sign.py
index 9aeeaebc8..4bc0fe225 100644
--- a/signingscript/src/signingscript/sign.py
+++ b/signingscript/src/signingscript/sign.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def get_rss():
 
 def time_async_function(f):
     """Time an async function."""
-    # comment to keep black/flake8 happy together
+
     @wraps(f)
     async def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
         start = time.time()
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
 
 def time_function(f):
     """Time a sync function."""
-    # comment to keep black/flake8 happy together
+
     @wraps(f)
     def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
         start = time.time()