How to remove comments from Epik Theme

I am trying to remove comments from the Epik theme via the child theme functions.php file.

Here is what I have tried so far:

Attempt 1:

// Remove post comments
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘custom_remove_comments’ );
function custom_remove_comments(){
remove_action( ‘genesis_after_post’, ‘genesis_get_comments_template’ );
}

attempt 2:

function pw_remove_genesis_comments() {
remove_action( ‘genesis_after_post’, ‘genesis_get_comments_template’ );
}

add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘pw_remove_genesis_comments’ );

any insight into why these are not working, or what the correct php code is?

I have checked several blogs and the studiopress code snippets sites already— no luck.