diff --git a/demos/util.sh b/demos/util.sh
index e1a08504..4c37f39c 100644
--- a/demos/util.sh
+++ b/demos/util.sh
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ function maybe_first_prompt() {
     fi
 }
 
-# After a `run` this variable will hold the stdout of the command that was run.
-# If the command was interactive, this will likely be garbage.
-#DEMO_RUN_STDOUT=""
-
 function run() {
     maybe_first_prompt
     rate=25
@@ -52,27 +48,11 @@ function run() {
       sleep 0.5
     fi
     $1
-    echo; echo -n ">"
+    echo
+    echo -n ">"
     read -s
     echo -e "\b "
-#    OFILE="$(mktemp -t $(basename $0).XXXXXX)"
-#    script -q -t0 "$OFILE" $1 # [removed -e,-c options -soam]
-#    r=$?
-#    read -d '' -t "${timeout}" -n 10000 # clear stdin
-#    prompt
-#    if [ -z "$DEMO_AUTO_RUN" ]; then
-#      read -s
-#    fi
-#    DEMO_RUN_STDOUT="$(tail -n +2 $OFILE | sed 's/\r//g')"
-#    return $r
-}
-
-function relative() {
-    for arg; do
-        echo "$(realpath $(dirname $(which $0)))/$arg" | sed "s|$(realpath $(pwd))|.|"
-    done
 }
 
 SSH_NODE=$(kubectl get nodes | tail -1 | cut -f1 -d' ')
 
-#trap "echo" EXIT