diff --git a/python/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_console_utils.py b/python/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_console_utils.py
index 0e29264bb33f..6bbb8e1a140f 100644
--- a/python/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_console_utils.py
+++ b/python/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_console_utils.py
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ class BaseInterpreterInterface:
 
     def create_std_in(self, debugger=None, original_std_in=None):
         if debugger is None:
-            # @alexander todo fix `StdIn.readline()`
             return StdIn(self, self.rpc_client, original_stdin=original_std_in)
         else:
             return DebugConsoleStdIn(dbg=debugger, original_stdin=original_std_in)
@@ -499,10 +498,7 @@ class BaseInterpreterInterface:
         return pydevd_thrift.frame_vars_to_struct(self.get_namespace(), hidden_ns)
 
     def getVariable(self, attributes):
-        # @alexander todo replace xml with thrift object
         debug_values = []
-        # xml = StringIO.StringIO()
-        # xml.write("<xml>")
         val_dict = pydevd_vars.resolve_compound_var_object_fields(self.get_namespace(), attributes)
         if val_dict is None:
             val_dict = {}
@@ -510,14 +506,9 @@ class BaseInterpreterInterface:
         keys = val_dict.keys()
         for k in keys:
             val = val_dict[k]
-            # evaluate_full_value = pydevd_xml.should_evaluate_full_value(val)
-            # xml.write(pydevd_vars.var_to_xml(val, k, evaluate_full_value=evaluate_full_value))
             evaluate_full_value = pydevd_thrift.should_evaluate_full_value(val)
             debug_values.append(pydevd_thrift.var_to_struct(val, k, evaluate_full_value=evaluate_full_value))
 
-        # xml.write("</xml>")
-        #
-        # return xml.getvalue()
         return debug_values
 
     def getArray(self, attr, roffset, coffset, rows, cols, format):
@@ -529,13 +520,7 @@ class BaseInterpreterInterface:
     def evaluate(self, expression):
         # returns `DebugValue` of evaluated expression
 
-        # @alexander todo replace xml with thrift object
-        # xml = StringIO.StringIO()
-        # xml.write("<xml>")
         result = pydevd_vars.eval_in_context(expression, self.get_namespace(), self.get_namespace())
-        # xml.write(pydevd_vars.var_to_xml(result, expression))
-        # xml.write("</xml>")
-        # return xml.getvalue()
         return [pydevd_thrift.var_to_struct(result, expression)]
 
     def do_get_completions(self, text, act_tok):
diff --git a/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_thrift.py b/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_thrift.py
index f9aca88a8cd7..c0de1988b17f 100644
--- a/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_thrift.py
+++ b/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_thrift.py
@@ -16,18 +16,6 @@ try:
 except:
     frame_type = None
 
-## @alexander we do not need xml utility methods now
-# try:
-#     from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
-#
-#
-#     def make_valid_xml_value(s):
-#         return escape(s, {'"': '&quot;'})
-# except:
-#     # Simple replacement if it's not there.
-#     def make_valid_xml_value(s):
-#         return s.replace('<', '&lt;').replace('>', '&gt;').replace('"', '&quot;')
-
 
 class ExceptionOnEvaluate:
     def __init__(self, result):
diff --git a/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_vars.py b/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_vars.py
index bc574397c656..15cbff88921c 100644
--- a/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_vars.py
+++ b/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_vars.py
@@ -878,7 +878,6 @@ def header_data_to_thrift_struct(rows, cols, dtypes, col_bounds, col_to_format,
 TYPE_TO_THRIFT_STRUCT_CONVERTERS = {"ndarray": array_to_thrift_struct, "DataFrame": dataframe_to_thrift_struct, "Series": dataframe_to_thrift_struct}
 
 
-# @alexander todo `GetArrayResponse` should be renamed to `ArrayChunk`
 def table_like_struct_to_thrift_struct(array, name, roffset, coffset, rows, cols, format):
     # returns `GetArrayResponse`
     _, type_name, _ = get_type(array)