diff --git a/recipes/hackernews.recipe b/recipes/hackernews.recipe
index e7bf7d690a..ef6e367d40 100644
--- a/recipes/hackernews.recipe
+++ b/recipes/hackernews.recipe
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class HNWithCommentsLink(BasicNewsRecipe):
return u'
' + title + u'' + body + ''
def parse_feeds(self):
- a = super(HNWithCommentsLinkAlt, self).parse_feeds()
+ a = super().parse_feeds()
self.hn_articles = a[0].articles
return a
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ class HNWithCommentsLink(BasicNewsRecipe):
else:
content = self.get_readable_content(url)
- article = 0
- for a in self.hn_articles:
- if a.url == url:
- article = a
-
# content = re.sub(r'