diff --git a/coordinator/tributary/tendermint/src/round.rs b/coordinator/tributary/tendermint/src/round.rs
index b39cebe5..a97e3ed1 100644
--- a/coordinator/tributary/tendermint/src/round.rs
+++ b/coordinator/tributary/tendermint/src/round.rs
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ impl<N: Network> RoundData<N> {
 
   // Poll all set timeouts, returning the Step whose timeout has just expired
   pub(crate) async fn timeout_future(&self) -> Step {
-    let now = Instant::now();
     /*
+    let now = Instant::now();
     log::trace!(
       target: "tendermint",
       "getting timeout_future, from step {:?}, off timeouts: {:?}",