diff --git a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java
index 7f3dfeb3..3d1b0c02 100644
--- a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java
+++ b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/AuthenticationResult.java
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ public class AuthenticationResult
 {
     private boolean isAuthenticated;
 
-    /**
-     * FIXME olamy this Object is a pain !!!
-     */
     private String principal;
 
     // TODO: why aren't these just thrown from the authenticate() method?