diff --git a/backend/src/app.ts b/backend/src/app.ts
index bb2450f07b..79561d00c0 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import { healthCheck } from './routes/status';
 import { getLogger } from './utils/logger';
 import { RouteNotFoundError } from './utils/errors';
 import { requestErrorHandler } from './middleware/requestErrorHandler';
-// test comment
+
 // patch async route params to handle Promise Rejections
 patchRouterParam();
 
diff --git a/backend/src/authorization/defineAbility.ts b/backend/src/authorization/defineAbility.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bdc076f44..0000000000
--- a/backend/src/authorization/defineAbility.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { defineAbility } from '@casl/ability';
-
-export const defineWorkspaceAbilityFor = (user: any) => defineAbility((can) => {
-  // can('manage', 'all');
-  // console.log("workspace ===>", workspace)
-
-  // if (user) {
-  can(["read", "delete", "update"], "Workspace", { name: "Example Projects" })
-  // }
-
-  // if (user.isLoggedIn) {
-  //   can('update', 'Article', { authorId: user.id });
-  //   can('create', 'Comment');
-  //   can('update', 'Comment', { authorId: user.id });
-  // }
-});
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