diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
index 0ca4e937..c647badf 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/__init__.py
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class Evaluator(object):
         return f.find(filters, attribute_lookup=not search_global)
 
     #@memoize_default(default=[], evaluator_is_first_arg=True)
-    #@recursion.recursion_decorator
     @debug.increase_indent
     def eval_statement(self, context, stmt, seek_name=None):
         """
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/recursion.py b/jedi/evaluate/recursion.py
index e2165fbf..b158c2c6 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/recursion.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/recursion.py
@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@ from jedi import debug
 from jedi import settings
 
 
-def recursion_decorator(func):
-    def run(evaluator, stmt, *args, **kwargs):
-        rec_detect = evaluator.recursion_detector
-        if rec_detect.push_stmt(stmt):
-            return set()
-        else:
-            result = func(evaluator, stmt, *args, **kwargs)
-            rec_detect.pop_stmt()
-        return result
-    return run
-
-
 class RecursionDetector(object):
     """
     A decorator to detect recursions in statements. In a recursion a statement