diff --git a/scripts/find_trace_strings.py b/scripts/find_trace_strings.py
index f850839b..ff5e46f2 100644
--- a/scripts/find_trace_strings.py
+++ b/scripts/find_trace_strings.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import argparse
 import ast
 import datetime
 import pathlib
-import re
 import sys
 
 
@@ -34,17 +33,6 @@ def find_trace_calls(statement: ast.AST) -> list[ast.Call]:
     return out
 
 
-COMMENT_SAME_LINE_RE = re.compile(r"^.*(#.*)$")
-COMMENT_OWN_LINE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*?(#.*)$")
-
-
-def _has_tracedoc(line: str, pattern: re.Pattern) -> bool:
-    match = pattern.match(line)
-    if match:
-        return match.group(1).strip().startswith("# TRACEDOC:")
-    return False
-
-
 def generate_markdown(all_found_data: list[dict], project_root: pathlib.Path):
     """Generate the Available-Traces.md file with fixed-width column formatting."""
     docs_dir = project_root / "docs"