diff --git a/src/TrackPanel.cpp b/src/TrackPanel.cpp
index 86a384d44..1520c4087 100644
--- a/src/TrackPanel.cpp
+++ b/src/TrackPanel.cpp
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ void TrackPanel::BuildMenus(void)
    mTimeTrackMenu->Append(OnSetTimeTrackRangeID, _("&Range..."));
    mTimeTrackMenu->AppendCheckItem(OnTimeTrackLogIntID, _("Logarithmic &Interpolation"));
 
+/*
    mRulerWaveformMenu = new wxMenu();
    BuildVRulerMenuItems
       (mRulerWaveformMenu, OnFirstWaveformScaleID,
@@ -668,6 +669,7 @@ void TrackPanel::BuildMenus(void)
    BuildVRulerMenuItems
       (mRulerSpectrumMenu, OnFirstSpectrumScaleID,
        SpectrogramSettings::GetScaleNames());
+*/
 }
 
 void TrackPanel::BuildCommonDropMenuItems(wxMenu * menu)
@@ -686,6 +688,8 @@ void TrackPanel::BuildCommonDropMenuItems(wxMenu * menu)
 
 }
 
+/*
+// left over from PRL's vertical ruler context menu experiment in 2.1.2
 // static
 void TrackPanel::BuildVRulerMenuItems
 (wxMenu * menu, int firstId, const wxArrayString &names)
@@ -698,6 +702,7 @@ void TrackPanel::BuildVRulerMenuItems
    menu->Append(OnZoomOutVerticalID, _("Zoom Out\tShift-Left-Click"));
    menu->Append(OnZoomFitVerticalID, _("Zoom to Fit\tShift-Right-Click"));
 }
+*/
 
 void TrackPanel::DeleteMenus(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/TrackPanel.h b/src/TrackPanel.h
index 125526903..23b0dd7d2 100644
--- a/src/TrackPanel.h
+++ b/src/TrackPanel.h
@@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API TrackPanel final : public OverlayPanel {
     * @param menu the menu to add the commands to.
     */
    virtual void BuildCommonDropMenuItems(wxMenu * menu);
-   static void BuildVRulerMenuItems(wxMenu * menu, int firstId, const wxArrayString &names);
+
+   // left over from PRL's vertical ruler context menu experiment in 2.1.2
+   // static void BuildVRulerMenuItems(wxMenu * menu, int firstId, const wxArrayString &names);
+
    virtual bool IsAudioActive();
    virtual bool IsUnsafe();
    virtual bool HandleLabelTrackClick(LabelTrack * lTrack, wxRect &rect, wxMouseEvent & event);