diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 853128714..4f9b43ca8 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -4446,9 +4446,6 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             search_str = \
                 urllib.parse.unquote_plus(search_str.strip())
             search_str = search_str.strip()
-            # hashtags can be combined case
-            #if not search_str.startswith('#'):
-            #    search_str = search_str.lower()
             print('search_str: ' + search_str)
             if search_for_emoji:
                 search_str = ':' + search_str + ':'