diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/index.ts b/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/index.ts
index 1ee4e3a81..f4119b65a 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/index.ts
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/index.ts
@@ -228,21 +228,6 @@ export class FirebaseSaver extends BaseCheckpointSaver {
                 "Failed to serialized checkpoint and metadata to the same type."
             );
         }
-
-        /* We want to store the following (taken from MongoDB implementation)
-            - checkpoint ID
-            - checkpoint type
-            - checkpoint (serialized)
-            - metadata (serialized)*/
-
-        /* SQLite implementation also stores the following
-            - parent checkpoint ID
-            - thread ID,
-            - checkpoint_ns, */
-
-        /* I believe the excess values are stored for debugging purposes (hunch)
-            I am going to store the excess values as well here */
-
         const data = {
             thread_id: thread_id,
             checkpoint_ns: checkpoint_ns,
@@ -253,15 +238,11 @@ export class FirebaseSaver extends BaseCheckpointSaver {
             metadata: serializedMetadata
             };
 
-        /* "thread_id", "checkpoint_ns", and "checkpoint_id" 
-            form the "primary key" for this database */
         const docKey = `${thread_id}_${checkpoint_ns}_${checkpoint.id}`;
 
-        /* Get a reference to the location in the database 
-           where you want to store the data */
+
         const dataRef = ref(this.db, `${this.checkpointCollectionName}/${docKey}`);
 
-        /* Use set to write the data to this reference */
         await set(dataRef, data);
 
         return {
@@ -273,7 +254,6 @@ export class FirebaseSaver extends BaseCheckpointSaver {
         };
     }
 
-    /* Saves intermediate writes associated with a checkpoint to the Firestore database. */
     async putWrites(
         config: RunnableConfig,
         writes: PendingWrite[],
@@ -302,8 +282,7 @@ export class FirebaseSaver extends BaseCheckpointSaver {
                 const [channel, value] = write;
                 const [type, serializedValue] = this.serde.dumpsTyped(value);
     
-                /* "thread_id", "checkpoint_ns", "checkpoint_id", "taskId" and "idx"
-                    form the "primary key" for each checkpoint write */
+
                 const writeKey = `${thread_id}_${checkpoint_ns}_${checkpoint_id}_${taskId}_${idx}`;
                 
                 currentData[writeKey] = {
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/tests/checkpoints.int.test.ts b/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/tests/checkpoints.int.test.ts
index 950bea604..22c8726e5 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/tests/checkpoints.int.test.ts
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-firebase/src/tests/checkpoints.int.test.ts
@@ -38,25 +38,6 @@ const app = initializeApp({
 const database = getDatabase(app);
 let saver = new FirebaseSaver(database);
 
-
-// beforeAll(async () => {
-//   const databaseUrl = process.env.FIREBASE_URL;
-//   if (!databaseUrl) {
-//     throw new Error("FIREBASE_URL environment variable is not set.");
-//   }
-
-//   // Initialize Firebase SDK
-//   const app = initializeApp({
-//     apiKey: "emulator-api-key",
-//     authDomain: "localhost",
-//     projectId: "test-project",
-//     databaseURL: databaseUrl,
-//   });
-
-//   database = getDatabase(app); // Access the database
-//   saver = new FirebaseSaver(database); // Create a new FirebaseSaver instance
-// });
-
 afterAll(async () => {
   await clearCollection(database, "checkpoints");
   await clearCollection(database, "checkpoint-writes");