diff --git a/src/osgWidget/Window.cpp b/src/osgWidget/Window.cpp
index c98e4580f..2fcec7583 100644
--- a/src/osgWidget/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWidget/Window.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ void Window::_setWidthAndHeight() {
 void Window::_removeFromGeode(Widget* widget) {
     if(!widget) return;
 
-    widget->_index = 0; // was originally -1, but _index is a unsigned int...
+    widget->_index = 0;
 
     _setParented(widget, true);
 
diff --git a/src/osgWidget/WindowManager.cpp b/src/osgWidget/WindowManager.cpp
index 5aaffac16..2fb9f4d72 100644
--- a/src/osgWidget/WindowManager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWidget/WindowManager.cpp
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ void WindowManager::childRemoved(unsigned int start, unsigned int numChildren) {
         if(!window) continue;
 
         if(_remove(window)) {
-            window->_index = 0; // was originally -1, but _index is a unsigned int...
-
+        
+            window->_index = 0;
             window->unmanaged(this);
         }
     }