diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index d9d92f545d..1c7e5017d5 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ prestart.setupWinston();
 prestart.versionCheck();
 winston.verbose('* using configuration stored in: %s', configFile);
 
-winston.error('oppps we faled', new Error('yah'));
-
 if (!process.send) {
 	// If run using `node app`, log GNU copyright info along with server info
 	winston.info('NodeBB v' + nconf.get('version') + ' Copyright (C) 2013-' + (new Date()).getFullYear() + ' NodeBB Inc.');
diff --git a/src/prestart.js b/src/prestart.js
index a46e7d3299..ed61e28c16 100644
--- a/src/prestart.js
+++ b/src/prestart.js
@@ -13,20 +13,6 @@ function setupWinston() {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// allow winton.error to log error objects properly
-	// https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/6848
-	// const winstonError = winston.error;
-	// winston.error = function (msg, error) {
-	// 	if (msg instanceof Error) {
-	// 		winstonError(msg);
-	// 	} else if (error instanceof Error) {
-	// 		msg = msg + '\n' + error.stack;
-	// 		winstonError(msg);
-	// 	} else {
-	// 		winstonError.apply(null, arguments);
-	// 	}
-	// };
-
 	var formats = [];
 	if (nconf.get('log-colorize') !== 'false') {
 		formats.push(winston.format.colorize());