diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
index 5e574944b21..a353e7fe215 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ def should_stop(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
     def progress(self, tag: str, amount: int) -> None:
-        # logger.debug(f"IndexingCallback: tag={tag} amount={amount}")
-
         try:
             self.redis_lock.reacquire()
             self.last_tag = tag
diff --git a/backend/danswer/indexing/indexing_heartbeat.py b/backend/danswer/indexing/indexing_heartbeat.py
index 195929d2654..fe5f83d0b86 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/indexing/indexing_heartbeat.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/indexing/indexing_heartbeat.py
@@ -1,43 +1,6 @@
 from abc import ABC
 from abc import abstractmethod
 
-from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
-
-# from danswer.db.index_attempt import get_index_attempt
-
-logger = setup_logger()
-
-
-# class Heartbeat(abc.ABC):
-#     """Useful for any long-running work that goes through a bunch of items
-#     and needs to occasionally give updates on progress.
-#     e.g. chunking, embedding, updating vespa, etc."""
-
-#     @abc.abstractmethod
-#     def heartbeat(self, metadata: Any = None) -> None:
-#         raise NotImplementedError
-
-
-# class IndexingHeartbeat(Heartbeat):
-#     def __init__(self, index_attempt_id: int, db_session: Session, freq: int):
-#         self.cnt = 0
-
-#         self.index_attempt_id = index_attempt_id
-#         self.db_session = db_session
-#         self.freq = freq
-
-#     def heartbeat(self, metadata: Any = None) -> None:
-#         self.cnt += 1
-#         if self.cnt % self.freq == 0:
-#             index_attempt = get_index_attempt(
-#                 db_session=self.db_session, index_attempt_id=self.index_attempt_id
-#             )
-#             if index_attempt:
-#                 index_attempt.time_updated = func.now()
-#                 self.db_session.commit()
-#             else:
-#                 logger.error("Index attempt not found, this should not happen!")
-
 
 class IndexingHeartbeatInterface(ABC):
     """Defines a callback interface to be passed to