diff --git a/software/scripts/deploy-precheck b/software/scripts/deploy-precheck
index 11dd4fb3..793c59ed 100644
--- a/software/scripts/deploy-precheck
+++ b/software/scripts/deploy-precheck
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ class HealthCheck(object):
                 return False
         return True
 
-    # TODO(heitormatsui): implement patch precheck targeted against USM
-    #  and implement patch precheck for subcloud
     def _check_required_patches_state(self, required_patches, allow_available=False):
         """
         Check if the required patches are in 'deployed' or 'unavailable' state,
@@ -171,8 +169,6 @@ class UpgradeHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
         super().__init__(config)
         self._ostree_feed_path = f"/var/www/pages/feed/rel-{self._major_release}"
 
-    # TODO(heitormatsui): switch from using upgrade metadata xml to
-    #  the new USM metadata format
     def _check_valid_upgrade_path(self):
         """Checks if active release to specified release is a valid upgrade path"""
         # Get active release
@@ -193,7 +189,6 @@ class UpgradeHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
         success = active_release in supported_releases
         return success, active_release, supported_releases.get(active_release, [])
 
-    # TODO(heitormatsui) do we need this check on USM? Remove if we don't
     def _check_active_is_controller_0(self):
         """Checks that active controller is controller-0"""
         controllers = self._sysinv_client.ihost.list()
@@ -205,8 +200,6 @@ class UpgradeHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
 
     def _get_supported_k8s_versions(self):
         supported_versions = []
-        # TODO(heitormatsui): is this the most appropriate way
-        #  to fetch valid k8s versions for a given release?
         cmd = ["ostree", f"--repo={self._ostree_feed_path}/ostree_repo",
                "ls", "starlingx", "/usr/local/kubernetes"]
         try:
@@ -284,7 +277,6 @@ class UpgradeHealthCheck(HealthCheck):
                        (active_version, ", ".join(supported_versions)))
         health_ok = health_ok and success
 
-        # TODO(heitormatsui) Do we need the following check on USM?
         # The load is only imported to controller-0. An upgrade can only
         # be started when controller-0 is active.
         is_controller_0 = self._check_active_is_controller_0()
diff --git a/software/scripts/deploy-start b/software/scripts/deploy-start
index 92650744..c721093e 100755
--- a/software/scripts/deploy-start
+++ b/software/scripts/deploy-start
@@ -63,19 +63,6 @@ class DeployStart:
                 self._remove_temporary_data()
 
     def _checkout_ostree_repo(self):
-        # TODO(bqian) make commit_id mandatory once the commit-id is built to metadata.xml for major releases
-        if self._commit_id is None:
-            LOG.info("Retrieving commit-id...")
-            # get commit id, only latest for now
-            try:
-                cmd = ["ostree", "rev-parse", f"--repo={self._feed_ostree_repo_dir}", self.OSTREE_BRANCH]
-                process = subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, text=True, capture_output=True)
-                self._commit_id = process.stdout.strip()
-            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-                LOG.error(f"Failed to retrieve commit-id: {e.stderr}")
-                raise
-            LOG.info(f"Latest commit-id: {self._commit_id}")
-
         LOG.info(f"Checking out ostree repo, commit-id: {self._commit_id}")
         os.makedirs(self.STAGING_DIR, exist_ok=True)
         try:
diff --git a/software/scripts/prepare-data-migration b/software/scripts/prepare-data-migration
index 18f5ccd9..3b59617a 100644
--- a/software/scripts/prepare-data-migration
+++ b/software/scripts/prepare-data-migration
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ POSTGRES_PATH = '/var/lib/postgresql'
 DISTRIBUTED_CLOUD_ROLE_SYSTEMCONTROLLER = 'systemcontroller'
 SERVICE_TYPE_IDENTITY = 'identity'
 PLATFORM_PATH = "/opt/platform"
-ETCD_PATH = '/opt/etcd'
-ETCD_DIR_NAME = 'db'
 RABBIT_PATH = '/var/lib/rabbitmq'
 KUBERNETES_CONF_PATH = "/etc/kubernetes"
 KUBERNETES_ADMIN_CONF_FILE = "admin.conf"
diff --git a/software/scripts/upgrade_utils.py b/software/scripts/upgrade_utils.py
index 924e7a2b..0cc00807 100644
--- a/software/scripts/upgrade_utils.py
+++ b/software/scripts/upgrade_utils.py
@@ -250,15 +250,11 @@ def read_log_config():
 
     global logging_default_format_string
 
-    # TODO(lbonatti) Remove this default_format when logging_default_format_string is present in stx11,
-    #  when this becomes the N release.
-    default_format = ('%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d USM - %(exec)s [%(process)s:%(thread)d]: %(filename)s(%(lineno)s): '
-                      '%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
     config = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolation=None)
 
     config.read(software_conf)
     software_conf_mtime = os.stat(software_conf).st_mtime
-    logging_default_format_string = config.get("DEFAULT", "logging_default_format_string", fallback=default_format)
+    logging_default_format_string = config.get("DEFAULT", "logging_default_format_string")
 
 
 def get_available_gib_in_vg():