diff --git a/multicore/base/victim_selector.h b/multicore/base/victim_selector.h
index b8db64f5aa6123a4f435406129828bc6b48c77fa..a67425ec921963d32ba203f7c1011dc94a6881f6 100644
--- a/multicore/base/victim_selector.h
+++ b/multicore/base/victim_selector.h
@@ -44,18 +44,11 @@ class RandomVictimSelector : public VictimSelector
 {
 public:
     explicit RandomVictimSelector(unsigned _nthreads) : VictimSelector(_nthreads),random_engine((std::random_device())())
-    {
-        // auto seed = static_cast<long int>(std::time(nullptr));
-        // random_engine = std::mt19937(size_t(seed));
-        // generator = std::random_device{ } ();
-        // unif = std::uniform_int_distribution<int>(0,nthreads-1);
-    };
+    {};
 
     unsigned operator()(unsigned id)
     {
         unsigned victim = (id == 0) ? (nthreads - 1) : (id - 1);
-        // unsigned int attempts = 0;
-
         std::uniform_int_distribution<int>unif(0,nthreads-1);
 
         do {
@@ -63,22 +56,15 @@ public:
             victim = unif(random_engine);
 
             if((victim<0)||(victim>=nthreads)){
-                std::cout<<"rand out of bounds :"<<victim<<" >= "<<nthreads<<"\n";
+                std::cout<<"victim select - rand is out of bounds :"<<victim<<" >= "<<nthreads<<"\n";
                 exit(-1);
             }
-
-            // rand() / (RAND_MAX /  nthreads);
-            // if(++attempts > nthreads){
-            //     break;
-            // }
         }while(victim == id);
 
         return victim;
     }
 private:
-    // std::random_device random_device;
     std::mt19937 random_engine;
-    // std::uniform_int_distribution<int> unif;
 };
 
 class HonestVictimSelector : public VictimSelector