# Dead code > 쓰이지 않는 코드. 쓰이지 않는 코드. --- 쓰지 않는 코드는 지운다. ([타이딩](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Tidying.txt) 중 하나) > Delete it. That's all. If the code doesn't get executed, just delete it. … "But what if we need it later?" That's what version control is for. We aren't really deleting anything. We just don't have to look at it right now. --[Tidy first? A personal exercise in empirical software design](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Tidy%20First%20-%20A%20personal%20exercise%20in%20empirical%20software%20design.txt)