diff --git a/src/turboPmacController.h b/src/turboPmacController.h
index 74cc97f..9636d24 100644
--- a/src/turboPmacController.h
+++ b/src/turboPmacController.h
@@ -120,17 +120,10 @@ class turboPmacController : public sinqController {
     int readConfig() { return readConfig_; }
     int flushHardware() { return flushHardware_; }
 
-    // Set the maximum buffer size. This is an empirical value which must be
-    // large enough to avoid overflows for all commands to the device /
-    // responses from it.
-    static const uint32_t MAXBUF_ = 200;
-
     asynUser *pasynInt32SyncIOipPort() { return pasynInt32SyncIOipPort_; }
 
   protected:
-    /*
-    Timeout for the communication process in seconds
-    */
+    // Timeout for the communication process in seconds
     double comTimeout_;
 
     char lastResponse[MAXBUF_];