diff --git a/gracedb/alert.py b/gracedb/alert.py
index abec69ce180b655e28dbd283a71d6bac3c24f95f..475de958665e67803ebf1f0d0a2835ef00ebc1e9 100644
--- a/gracedb/alert.py
+++ b/gracedb/alert.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse, get_script_prefix
 
 from userprofile.models import Trigger, AnalysisType
 
-import glue.ligolw.utils
-import ligo.lvalert.utils
-
 import json
 
 import logging
@@ -147,17 +144,7 @@ def issueXMPPAlert(event, location, temp_data_loc, alert_type="new", description
         stderr=STDOUT,
         env=env)
 
-#    xmldoc = ligo.lvalert.utils.make_LVAlertTable(
-#                    location,
-#                    event.graceid(),
-#                    temp_data_loc,
-#                    alert_type,
-#                    description)
-#    buf = StringIO.StringIO()
-#    glue.ligolw.utils.write_fileobj(xmldoc, buf)
-#    msg = buf.getvalue()
-
-    # XXX Instead let's experiment with json:
+    # Create the output dictionary and serialize as JSON.
     lva_data = {
         'file': location,
         'uid': event.graceid(),