diff --git a/nifty/basic_arithmetics.py b/nifty/basic_arithmetics.py
index e26a66d6de725911f127b86ebe6a7a89aa297d3d..30735f6b65314ed42fa0c8ad3972cafbeba73e95 100644
--- a/nifty/basic_arithmetics.py
+++ b/nifty/basic_arithmetics.py
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ def _math_helper(x, function):
         result_val = x.val.apply_scalar_function(function)
         result = x.copy_empty(dtype=result_val.dtype)
         result.val = result_val
-
     elif isinstance(x, distributed_data_object):
         result = x.apply_scalar_function(function, inplace=False)
-
     else:
         result = function(np.asarray(x))
 
diff --git a/nifty/minimization/vl_bfgs.py b/nifty/minimization/vl_bfgs.py
index 423f3a503be7a6657f22a69fe1020ab55f74dd6f..db47d5797c04c66d94e89110f1ffc32ade6a176f 100644
--- a/nifty/minimization/vl_bfgs.py
+++ b/nifty/minimization/vl_bfgs.py
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ class InformationStore(object):
         self._sy_store = {}
         self._yy_store = {}
 
-#        self.dot_matrix = {}
-
     @property
     def history_length(self):
         return min(self.k, self.max_history_length)
@@ -193,48 +191,6 @@ class InformationStore(object):
         self.last_x = x.copy()
         self.last_gradient = gradient.copy()
 
-#
-#        k = self.k
-#        m = self.actual_history_length
-#        big_m = self.history_length
-#
-#        # compute dot products
-#        for i in xrange(k-1, k-m-1, -1):
-#            # new_s with s
-#            key = (big_m+m, big_m+1+i)
-#            self.dot_matrix[key] = new_s.dot(self.s[i])
-#
-#            # new_s with y
-#            key = (big_m+m, i+1)
-#            self.dot_matrix[key] = new_s.dot(self.y[i])
-#
-#            # new_y with s
-#            if i != k-1:
-#                key = (big_m+1+i, k)
-#                self.dot_matrix[key] = new_y.dot(self.s[i])
-#
-#            # new_y with y
-#            # actually key = (i+1, k) but the convention is that the first
-#            # index is larger than the second one
-#            key = (k, i+1)
-#            self.dot_matrix[key] = new_y.dot(self.y[i])
-#
-#            # gradient with s
-#            key = (big_m+1+i, 0)
-#            self.dot_matrix[key] = gradient.dot(self.s[i])
-#
-#            # gradient with y
-#            key = (i+1, 0)
-#            self.dot_matrix[key] = gradient.dot(self.y[i])
-#
-#        # gradient with gradient
-#        key = (0, 0)
-#        self.dot_matrix[key] = gradient.dot(gradient)
-#
-#        self.last_x = x
-#        self.last_gradient = gradient
-#
-
 
 class LimitedList(object):
     def __init__(self, history_length):