diff --git a/pkg/diff/diff.go b/pkg/diff/diff.go
index 2b6066393..c6d515cbe 100644
--- a/pkg/diff/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/diff/diff.go
@@ -53,36 +53,15 @@ type differ struct {
 
 // get normalized content for record. target, ttl, mxprio, and specified metadata
 func (d *differ) content(r *models.RecordConfig) string {
-	// NB(tlim): This function will eventually be replaced by calling
-	// r.GetTargetDiffable().  In the meanwhile, this function compares
-	// its output with r.GetTargetDiffable() to make sure the same
-	// results are generated.  Once we have confidence, this function will go away.
-	content := fmt.Sprintf("%v ttl=%d", r.GetTargetCombined(), r.TTL)
-	if r.Type == "SOA" {
-		content = fmt.Sprintf("%s %v %d %d %d %d ttl=%d", r.GetTargetField(), r.SoaMbox, r.SoaRefresh, r.SoaRetry, r.SoaExpire, r.SoaMinttl, r.TTL) // SoaSerial is not used in comparison
-	}
+
+	// get the extra values maps to add to the comparison.
 	var allMaps []map[string]string
 	for _, f := range d.extraValues {
-		// sort the extra values map keys to perform a deterministic
-		// comparison since Golang maps iteration order is not guaranteed
 		valueMap := f(r)
 		allMaps = append(allMaps, valueMap)
-		keys := make([]string, 0)
-		for k := range valueMap {
-			keys = append(keys, k)
-		}
-		sort.Strings(keys)
-		for _, k := range keys {
-			v := valueMap[k]
-			content += fmt.Sprintf(" %s=%s", k, v)
-		}
 	}
-	control := r.ToDiffable(allMaps...)
-	if control != content {
-		fmt.Printf("CONTROL=%q CONTENT=%q\n", control, content)
-		panic("OOPS! control != content")
-	}
-	return content
+
+	return r.ToDiffable(allMaps...)
 }
 
 func apexException(rec *models.RecordConfig) bool {