diff --git a/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx b/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx
index a2c7d0da5b4a8..bbea66542a953 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx
@@ -843,11 +843,6 @@ cdef class TextReader:
 
             passed_count = len(header[0])
 
-            # if passed_count > field_count:
-            #     raise ParserError('Column names have %d fields, '
-            #                        'data has %d fields'
-            #                        % (passed_count, field_count))
-
             if (self.has_usecols and self.allow_leading_cols and
                     not callable(self.usecols)):
                 nuse = len(self.usecols)