diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/IndexMaker.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/IndexMaker.java
index 06c92785378..5c24f2a83da 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/IndexMaker.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/IndexMaker.java
@@ -956,7 +956,6 @@ public class IndexMaker
                         public VSizeIndexedInts apply(List<Integer> input)
                         {
                           if (input == null) {
-                            //return null;
                             return VSizeIndexedInts.fromList(
                                 new AbstractList<Integer>()
                                 {