diff --git a/adapter/src/hermes/adapter/stdio/CMakeLists.txt b/adapter/src/hermes/adapter/stdio/CMakeLists.txt
index d007101a5..b1ae5151f 100644
--- a/adapter/src/hermes/adapter/stdio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/adapter/src/hermes/adapter/stdio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,18 +17,11 @@ set(STDIO_ADAPTER_PRIVATE_HEADER ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/metadata_manager.h
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/enumerations.h
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/constants.h)
 
-# set(STDIO_INTERNAL_ADAPTER_SRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/metadata_manager.cc
-#         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mapper/balanced_mapper.cc)
-
 # Add library hermes_stdio
 add_library(hermes_stdio SHARED ${STDIO_ADAPTER_PRIVATE_HEADER} ${STDIO_ADAPTER_PUBLIC_HEADER} ${STDIO_ADAPTER_SRC})
 add_dependencies(hermes_stdio hermes)
 target_link_libraries(hermes_stdio hermes MPI::MPI_CXX)
 
-# add_library(hermes_stdio_internal SHARED ${STDIO_ADAPTER_PRIVATE_HEADER} ${STDIO_ADAPTER_PUBLIC_HEADER} ${STDIO_INTERNAL_ADAPTER_SRC})
-# add_dependencies(hermes_stdio_internal hermes)
-# target_link_libraries(hermes_stdio_internal hermes MPI::MPI_CXX)
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Add Target(s) to CMake Install
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------