diff --git a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
index 9824ea110d2de563da360fe7ac563bc3900f4cef..2e7801640e3e4628661fd337e59bf444753932b5 100644
--- a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
+++ b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
@@ -513,11 +513,7 @@ def get_task_proxy_host():
     return proxy_host
 
 def hash_string_to_int(string):
-    #int_hash = 0 
-    #for char in string:
-    #    int_hash += ord(char)
-    #return int_hash
-    return int(hashlib.sha1(string.encode('utf8')).hexdigest(), 16) #% (10 ** 8)
+    return int(hashlib.sha1(string.encode('utf8')).hexdigest(), 16)