diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index 6e786b004..193aa35c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -7106,8 +7106,6 @@ public class StringUtils {
         if (str == null) {
             return null;
         }
-        // could implement manually, but simple way is to reuse other,
-        // probably slower, methods.
         final String[] strs = split(str, separatorChar);
         ArrayUtils.reverse(strs);
         return join(strs, separatorChar);