How to remove a subcategories with the homepage?

<?php if ($category->childs) { ?> <ul class="ot-cat-menu<?php echo $class_sfx; ?>"> <?php foreach ($category->childs as $child) { $category_model = VmModel::getModel('category'); $count_p = $category_model->countProducts($category->virtuemart_category_id); $caturl = JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id='.$child->virtuemart_category_id); $cattext = $child->category_name; // $cattext = $child->category_name.' ('.$count_p.')'; ?> <li><?php echo JHTML::link($caturl, $cattext); ?></li> <?php } ?> </ul> <?php } ?>

<?php /* if ($category->childs) { ?> <ul class="ot-cat-menu<?php echo $class_sfx; ?>"> <?php foreach ($category->childs as $child) { $category_model = VmModel::getModel('category'); $count_p = $category_model->countProducts($category->virtuemart_category_id); $caturl = JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id='.$child->virtuemart_category_id); $cattext = $child->category_name; // $cattext = $child->category_name.' ('.$count_p.')'; ?> <li><?php echo JHTML::link($caturl, $cattext); ?></li> <?php } ?> </ul> <?php } */ ?>