diff --git a/src/core/src/index/mod.rs b/src/core/src/index/mod.rs
index d319c12cf6..c71bb5e589 100644
--- a/src/core/src/index/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/index/mod.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-// note all mh should be selected/downsampled prior to being passed in here.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn calculate_gather_stats(
     orig_query: &KmerMinHash,
diff --git a/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs b/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
index 2cd5a56b81..b11ddb1682 100644
--- a/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
+++ b/src/core/src/index/revindex/disk_revindex.rs
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ impl RevIndexOps for RevIndex {
         let mut query = KmerMinHashBTree::from(orig_query.clone());
         let mut sum_weighted_found = 0;
         let _selection = selection.unwrap_or_else(|| self.collection.selection());
-        let orig_query_ds = orig_query.clone();
         let total_weighted_hashes = orig_query.sum_abunds();
 
         // or set this with user --track-abundance?
@@ -393,7 +392,6 @@ impl RevIndexOps for RevIndex {
                 break;
             }
 
-            // this should downsample mh for us
             let match_sig = self.collection.sig_for_dataset(dataset_id)?;
 
             // get downsampled minhashes for comparison.
@@ -419,7 +417,7 @@ impl RevIndexOps for RevIndex {
 
             // Calculate stats
             let gather_result = calculate_gather_stats(
-                &orig_query_ds,
+                &orig_query,
                 query_mh,
                 match_sig,
                 match_size,