diff --git a/pkg/batchfetcher/batchfetcher.go b/pkg/batchfetcher/batchfetcher.go
index 7e8952e1d..f1f778a49 100644
--- a/pkg/batchfetcher/batchfetcher.go
+++ b/pkg/batchfetcher/batchfetcher.go
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ func NewModule(mc *ModuleConfig, epochNr t.EpochNr, clientProgress *clientprogre
 			// At the time of forwarding, submit the client progress to the checkpointing protocol.
 			f: func(_ *eventpb.Event) {
 				clientProgress.GarbageCollect()
-				//commonpbdsl.ClientProgress(m, mc.Checkpoint, clientProgress.ClientTrackers)
 				dsl.EmitEvent(m, bfevents.ClientProgress(
 					mc.Checkpoint.Then(t.ModuleID(fmt.Sprintf("%v", epochNr))),
 					clientProgress.Pb(),
diff --git a/pkg/batchfetcher/events/events.go b/pkg/batchfetcher/events/events.go
index d496ec77e..6545e587c 100644
--- a/pkg/batchfetcher/events/events.go
+++ b/pkg/batchfetcher/events/events.go
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	bfpb "github.com/filecoin-project/mir/pkg/pb/batchfetcherpb"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/mir/pkg/pb/commonpb"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/mir/pkg/pb/eventpb"
-	"github.com/filecoin-project/mir/pkg/pb/requestpb"
 	t "github.com/filecoin-project/mir/pkg/types"
 )
 
-// These are specific events that are not automatically generated but are necessary for the batchfetcher to queue them and treat them in order
+// These are specific events that are not automatically generated but are necessary for the batchfetcher
+// to queue them and treat them in order.
+
 // Event creates an eventpb.Event out of an batchfetcherpb.Event.
 func Event(dest t.ModuleID, ev *bfpb.Event) *eventpb.Event {
 	return &eventpb.Event{
@@ -19,18 +20,6 @@ func Event(dest t.ModuleID, ev *bfpb.Event) *eventpb.Event {
 	}
 }
 
-// NewOrderedBatch notifies the application when an ordered batch containing transaction payloads
-// has been fetched from the availability layer and is ready for execution.
-func NewOrderedBatch(dest t.ModuleID, txs []*requestpb.Request) *eventpb.Event {
-	return Event(dest, &bfpb.Event{
-		Type: &bfpb.Event_NewOrderedBatch{
-			NewOrderedBatch: &bfpb.NewOrderedBatch{
-				Txs: txs,
-			},
-		},
-	})
-}
-
 func ClientProgress(dest t.ModuleID, progress *commonpb.ClientProgress) *eventpb.Event {
 	return Event(dest, &bfpb.Event{Type: &bfpb.Event_ClientProgress{ClientProgress: progress}})
 }