diff --git a/configure/E3/CONFIG_EPICS b/configure/E3/CONFIG_EPICS
index 432e0d3fdebe3f1c49d216f5000723c2b19c32e7..20902b72e24e085407cd3e1dad7a2d79636312d5 100644
--- a/configure/E3/CONFIG_EPICS
+++ b/configure/E3/CONFIG_EPICS
@@ -43,17 +43,7 @@ export M_ADCORE
 export M_OPCUA
 
 ## This is needed since the target "epics" (in configure/RULES_MODULE in most modules)
-## uses SUDOBASH to run the make process:
-#
-#.PHONY: epics
-#epics:
-#	$(QUIET)echo "EPICS_BASE:=$(EPICS_BASE)"        > $(TOP)/$(E3_MODULE_SRC_PATH)/configure/RELEASE
-#	$(QUIET)echo "ASYN:=$(M_ASYN)"                  > $(TOP)/$(E3_MODULE_SRC_PATH)/configure/RELEASE
-#	$(QUIET)echo "CHECK_RELEASE:=YES"             > $(TOP)/$(E3_MODULE_SRC_PATH)/configure/CONFIG_SITE
-#	$(QUIET)echo "INSTALL_LOCATION:=$(M_DEVLIB2)"  >> $(TOP)/$(E3_MODULE_SRC_PATH)/configure/CONFIG_SITE
-#	$(SUDOBASH) "$(MAKE) -C $(E3_MODULE_SRC_PATH)"
-#
-## And so that last line will only run if SUDOBASH is defined to be "bash -c"
+## uses SUDOBASH to run the make process
 SUDOBASH := bash -c
 
 ### Exclude the following variables to display
diff --git a/configure/E3/DECOUPLE_FLAGS b/configure/E3/DECOUPLE_FLAGS
index 476159b45bc50c2028b81b053709696a0c98d4dc..befe8edba9bb76f94f1ee1c8b853f5e0f5744068 100644
--- a/configure/E3/DECOUPLE_FLAGS
+++ b/configure/E3/DECOUPLE_FLAGS
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-# Legacy file. Needed since <module>.Makefiles include the boilerplate code
-#
-# where_am_I := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-# include ${E3_REQUIRE_TOOLS}/driver.makefile
-# include $(E3_REQUIRE_CONFIG)/DECOUPLE_FLAGS
-#
-# which fails if this file does not exist. TODO: Remove this line from all modules
+# Legacy file. Needed since <module>.Makefiles include this.
diff --git a/configure/module/RULES_TEST b/configure/module/RULES_TEST
index 5a6e2b8473f663b14bfa544ef6867e3f46f1b39e..9e424cd44c0d6561c7e0ba2cd711142815073757 100644
--- a/configure/module/RULES_TEST
+++ b/configure/module/RULES_TEST
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 .PHONY: test
-
 test:
 	pytest $(TEST_DIR) -v