diff --git a/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/codecs/facet45/Facet45Codec.java b/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/codecs/facet45/Facet45Codec.java
index 9ff508429dc..81dae1ca7b5 100644
--- a/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/codecs/facet45/Facet45Codec.java
+++ b/lucene/facet/src/java/org/apache/lucene/facet/codecs/facet45/Facet45Codec.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public class Facet45Codec extends Lucene45Codec {
   private final Set<String> facetFields;
   private final DocValuesFormat facetsDVFormat = DocValuesFormat.forName("Facet42");
 
-  // must have that for SPI purposes
   /** Default constructor, uses {@link FacetIndexingParams#DEFAULT}. */
   public Facet45Codec() {
     this(FacetIndexingParams.DEFAULT);
diff --git a/lucene/facet/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec b/lucene/facet/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec
deleted file mode 100644
index d6e8c740686..00000000000
--- a/lucene/facet/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
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-
-org.apache.lucene.facet.codecs.facet45.Facet45Codec