diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layNetlistBrowserPage.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layNetlistBrowserPage.cc
index 17db0cfb9..f69b537d7 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layNetlistBrowserPage.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layNetlistBrowserPage.cc
@@ -168,22 +168,16 @@ NetlistBrowserPage::NetlistBrowserPage (QWidget * /*parent*/)
   for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
     delegate = new lay::HTMLItemDelegate (this);
     delegate->set_text_margin (2);
-    delegate->set_plain_text (true);
-    /* currently, HTML is not used:
     delegate->set_anchors_clickable (true);
     connect (delegate, SIGNAL (anchor_clicked (const QString &)), this, SLOT (anchor_clicked (const QString &)));
-    */
     directory_tree->setItemDelegateForColumn (i, delegate);
   }
 
   for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
     delegate = new lay::HTMLItemDelegate (this);
     delegate->set_text_margin (2);
-    delegate->set_plain_text (true);
-    /* currently, HTML is not used:
     delegate->set_anchors_clickable (true);
     connect (delegate, SIGNAL (anchor_clicked (const QString &)), this, SLOT (anchor_clicked (const QString &)));
-    */
     hierarchy_tree->setItemDelegateForColumn (i, delegate);
   }