diff --git a/oracle/service/runner/runner.go b/oracle/service/runner/runner.go
index ed9a29dc1b7..623e86cdad0 100644
--- a/oracle/service/runner/runner.go
+++ b/oracle/service/runner/runner.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"sort"
 
-	// "sort"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ func ProcessSignVoteQueue(oracleInfo *types.OracleInfo, consensusState *cs.State
 	unsignedVotes := oracleInfo.UnsignedVoteBuffer.Buffer
 
 	// sort the votes so that we can rebuild it in a deterministic order, when uncompressing
-	sort.Sort(ByVote(unsignedVotes))
+	// sort.Sort(ByVote(unsignedVotes))
 
 	// batch sign the entire unsignedVoteBuffer and add to gossipBuffer
 	newGossipVote := &oracleproto.GossipedVotes{