diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/excel.py b/pandas/io/formats/excel.py
index 7f2905d9a63b9..af167964a48f4 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/excel.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/excel.py
@@ -325,12 +325,6 @@ def build_font(
             "color": self.color_to_excel(props.get("color")),
             # shadow if nonzero digit before shadow color
             "shadow": self._get_shadow(props),
-            # FIXME: dont leave commented-out
-            # 'vertAlign':,
-            # 'charset': ,
-            # 'scheme': ,
-            # 'outline': ,
-            # 'condense': ,
         }
 
     def _get_is_bold(self, props: Mapping[str, str]) -> bool | None:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_writers.py b/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_writers.py
index 508e767a47004..6f1431c6e410d 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_writers.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_writers.py
@@ -891,107 +891,6 @@ def test_to_excel_unicode_filename(self, ext, path):
         )
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
-    # FIXME: dont leave commented-out
-    # def test_to_excel_header_styling_xls(self, engine, ext):
-
-    #     import StringIO
-    #     s = StringIO(
-    #     """Date,ticker,type,value
-    #     2001-01-01,x,close,12.2
-    #     2001-01-01,x,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-01-01,y,close,12.2
-    #     2001-01-01,y,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-02-01,x,close,12.2
-    #     2001-02-01,x,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-02-01,y,close,12.2
-    #     2001-02-01,y,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-03-01,x,close,12.2
-    #     2001-03-01,x,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-03-01,y,close,12.2
-    #     2001-03-01,y,open ,12.1""")
-    #     df = read_csv(s, parse_dates=["Date"])
-    #     pdf = df.pivot_table(values="value", rows=["ticker"],
-    #                                          cols=["Date", "type"])
-
-    #     try:
-    #         import xlwt
-    #         import xlrd
-    #     except ImportError:
-    #         pytest.skip
-
-    #     filename = '__tmp_to_excel_header_styling_xls__.xls'
-    #     pdf.to_excel(filename, 'test1')
-
-    #     wbk = xlrd.open_workbook(filename,
-    #                              formatting_info=True)
-    #     assert ["test1"] == wbk.sheet_names()
-    #     ws = wbk.sheet_by_name('test1')
-    #     assert [(0, 1, 5, 7), (0, 1, 3, 5), (0, 1, 1, 3)] == ws.merged_cells
-    #     for i in range(0, 2):
-    #         for j in range(0, 7):
-    #             xfx = ws.cell_xf_index(0, 0)
-    #             cell_xf = wbk.xf_list[xfx]
-    #             font = wbk.font_list
-    #             assert 1 == font[cell_xf.font_index].bold
-    #             assert 1 == cell_xf.border.top_line_style
-    #             assert 1 == cell_xf.border.right_line_style
-    #             assert 1 == cell_xf.border.bottom_line_style
-    #             assert 1 == cell_xf.border.left_line_style
-    #             assert 2 == cell_xf.alignment.hor_align
-    #     os.remove(filename)
-    # def test_to_excel_header_styling_xlsx(self, engine, ext):
-    #     import StringIO
-    #     s = StringIO(
-    #     """Date,ticker,type,value
-    #     2001-01-01,x,close,12.2
-    #     2001-01-01,x,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-01-01,y,close,12.2
-    #     2001-01-01,y,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-02-01,x,close,12.2
-    #     2001-02-01,x,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-02-01,y,close,12.2
-    #     2001-02-01,y,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-03-01,x,close,12.2
-    #     2001-03-01,x,open ,12.1
-    #     2001-03-01,y,close,12.2
-    #     2001-03-01,y,open ,12.1""")
-    #     df = read_csv(s, parse_dates=["Date"])
-    #     pdf = df.pivot_table(values="value", rows=["ticker"],
-    #                                          cols=["Date", "type"])
-    #     try:
-    #         import openpyxl
-    #         from openpyxl.cell import get_column_letter
-    #     except ImportError:
-    #         pytest.skip
-    #     if openpyxl.__version__ < '1.6.1':
-    #         pytest.skip
-    #     # test xlsx_styling
-    #     filename = '__tmp_to_excel_header_styling_xlsx__.xlsx'
-    #     pdf.to_excel(filename, 'test1')
-    #     wbk = openpyxl.load_workbook(filename)
-    #     assert ["test1"] == wbk.get_sheet_names()
-    #     ws = wbk.get_sheet_by_name('test1')
-    #     xlsaddrs = ["%s2" % chr(i) for i in range(ord('A'), ord('H'))]
-    #     xlsaddrs += ["A%s" % i for i in range(1, 6)]
-    #     xlsaddrs += ["B1", "D1", "F1"]
-    #     for xlsaddr in xlsaddrs:
-    #         cell = ws.cell(xlsaddr)
-    #         assert cell.style.font.bold
-    #         assert (openpyxl.style.Border.BORDER_THIN ==
-    #                 cell.style.borders.top.border_style)
-    #         assert (openpyxl.style.Border.BORDER_THIN ==
-    #                 cell.style.borders.right.border_style)
-    #         assert (openpyxl.style.Border.BORDER_THIN ==
-    #                 cell.style.borders.bottom.border_style)
-    #         assert (openpyxl.style.Border.BORDER_THIN ==
-    #                 cell.style.borders.left.border_style)
-    #         assert (openpyxl.style.Alignment.HORIZONTAL_CENTER ==
-    #                 cell.style.alignment.horizontal)
-    #     mergedcells_addrs = ["C1", "E1", "G1"]
-    #     for maddr in mergedcells_addrs:
-    #         assert ws.cell(maddr).merged
-    #     os.remove(filename)
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("use_headers", [True, False])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("r_idx_nlevels", [1, 2, 3])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("c_idx_nlevels", [1, 2, 3])