diff --git a/brutaldon/threadtree.py b/brutaldon/threadtree.py
index e58ac4f..2ff3d4c 100644
--- a/brutaldon/threadtree.py
+++ b/brutaldon/threadtree.py
@@ -33,13 +33,8 @@ def maketree(descendants):
                 yield lookup[rep], onelevel(subreps)
             else:
                 yield lookup[rep], ()
-    for root in sorted(roots):
-        seen.add(root)
-        reps = replies.get(root)
-        if reps:
-            yield lookup[root], onelevel(reps)
-        else:
-            yield lookup[root], ()
+    return onelevel(roots)
+
 # returns (status, gen[(status, gen[(status, ...), (status, ())]), ...])
 
 # django can't do recursion well so we'll turn the tree
diff --git a/brutaldon/views.py b/brutaldon/views.py
index 1decaec..362d08c 100644
--- a/brutaldon/views.py
+++ b/brutaldon/views.py
@@ -693,9 +693,6 @@ def thread(request, id):
     #     x for x in context.descendants if not toot_matches_filters(x, filters)
     # ]
     posts = tuple(threadtree.build(context.descendants))
-    from pprint import pprint
-    pprint(posts)
-    raise SystemExit(0)
     return render(
         request,
         "main/thread.html",