diff --git a/scripts/site/local.bro b/scripts/site/local.bro
index 2f4eed9865..ddaee42a93 100644
--- a/scripts/site/local.bro
+++ b/scripts/site/local.bro
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
 # This adds signatures to detect cleartext forward and reverse windows shells.
 @load-sigs frameworks/signatures/detect-windows-shells
 
-# Uncomment the following line to begin receiving (by default hourly) emails
-# containing all of your notices.
-# redef Notice::policy += { [$action = Notice::ACTION_ALARM, $priority = 0] };
-
 # Load all of the scripts that detect software in various protocols.
 @load protocols/ftp/software
 @load protocols/smtp/software