diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/replicator/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/replicator/pom.xml.template
index fdd09b857dd..440875fd7db 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/replicator/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/replicator/pom.xml.template
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <!-- HttpReplicator requires this dependency. -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>