How to remove sign in/sign up buttons from header

I am trying to remove the login/ sign up buttons that appear in the header when user is not logged in.

I copied header.php from the whoop theme into my active theme located at Themes > GeoDirectory_whoop > geodirectory.

I then deleted the following else statement, saved and uploaded it but I still see the buttons when i’m not logged in. I have cleared gd booster cache several times but no luck. Did I do something wrong?

 <?php } else {
      ?>
          <div class="whoop-account">
              <ul class="whoop-signup-btns">
                  <li>
                      <a href="<?php echo apply_filters('geodir_signup_reg_form_link', geodir_login_url(array('signup'=>true))); ?>" class="whoop-btn whoop-btn-primary whoop-signup-btn">
                          <?php echo __('Sign Up', GEODIRECTORY_FRAMEWORK); ?>
                      </a>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                      <a class="whoop-login-btn" href="<?php echo geodir_login_url(); ?>">
                          <?php echo __('Log In', GEODIRECTORY_FRAMEWORK); ?>
                      </a>
                  </li>
              </ul>
          </div>
      <?php
      }?>