diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FuncPtg.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FuncPtg.java
index 2585bd764f..364ddf5a02 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FuncPtg.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FuncPtg.java
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@ public final class FuncPtg extends AbstractFunctionPtg {
     public final static int  SIZE = 3;
     private int numParams=0;
 
-    /**
-     * FuncPtgs are defined to be 4 bytes but the actual FuncPtg uses only 2 bytes.
-     * If we have leftOvers that are read from the file we should serialize them back out.
-     * <p>
-     * If the leftovers are removed, a prompt "Warning: Data may have been lost occurs in Excel"
-     */
-	//protected byte[] leftOvers = null;
-
-    private FuncPtg() {
-      //Required for clone methods
-    }
-
     /**Creates new function pointer from a byte array
      * usually called while reading an excel file.
      */