diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/pair_exp6_rx_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/pair_exp6_rx_kokkos.cpp
index 0988cb4910..d96e9f3f65 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/pair_exp6_rx_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/pair_exp6_rx_kokkos.cpp
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include "pair_exp6_rx_kokkos.h"
-#include <cmath>
 
-#include <cstring>
 #include "atom.h"
 #include "comm.h"
 #include "force.h"
@@ -28,12 +26,14 @@
 #include "memory_kokkos.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fix.h"
-#include <cfloat>
 #include "atom_masks.h"
 #include "neigh_request.h"
 #include "atom_kokkos.h"
 #include "kokkos.h"
 
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cfloat>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #ifdef _OPENMP
 #include <omp.h>
@@ -57,22 +57,6 @@ using namespace MathSpecialKokkos;
 #define exp6PotentialType (1)
 #define isExp6PotentialType(_type) ( (_type) == exp6PotentialType )
 
-namespace /* anonymous */
-{
-
-//typedef double TimerType;
-//TimerType getTimeStamp(void) { return platform::walltime(); }
-//double getElapsedTime( const TimerType &t0, const TimerType &t1) { return t1-t0; }
-
-typedef struct timespec TimerType;
-TimerType getTimeStamp(void) { TimerType tick; clock_gettime( CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tick); return tick; }
-double getElapsedTime( const TimerType &t0, const TimerType &t1)
-{
-   return (t1.tv_sec - t0.tv_sec) + 1e-9*(t1.tv_nsec - t0.tv_nsec);
-}
-
-} // end namespace
-
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 template<class DeviceType>
@@ -142,8 +126,6 @@ void PairExp6rxKokkos<DeviceType>::init_style()
 template<class DeviceType>
 void PairExp6rxKokkos<DeviceType>::compute(int eflag_in, int vflag_in)
 {
-  //TimerType t_start = getTimeStamp();
-
   copymode = 1;
 
   eflag = eflag_in;
@@ -187,7 +169,6 @@ void PairExp6rxKokkos<DeviceType>::compute(int eflag_in, int vflag_in)
   // and ghost atoms. Make the parameter data persistent
   // and exchange like any other atom property later.
 
-  //TimerType t_mix_start = getTimeStamp();
   {
      const int np_total = nlocal + atom->nghost;
 
@@ -260,7 +241,6 @@ void PairExp6rxKokkos<DeviceType>::compute(int eflag_in, int vflag_in)
        error->all(FLERR,"Computed fraction less than -10*DBL_EPSILON");
 #endif
   }
-  //TimerType t_mix_stop = getTimeStamp();
 
   k_error_flag.template modify<DeviceType>();
   k_error_flag.template sync<LMPHostType>();
@@ -377,9 +357,6 @@ void PairExp6rxKokkos<DeviceType>::compute(int eflag_in, int vflag_in)
   }
 
   copymode = 0;
-
-  //TimerType t_stop = getTimeStamp();
-  //printf("PairExp6rxKokkos::compute %f %f\n", getElapsedTime(t_start, t_stop), getElapsedTime(t_mix_start, t_mix_stop));
 }
 
 template<class DeviceType>