diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
index 8a8d84a6b5..ecf2fa3b58 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ public class DefaultMaven
         EventDispatcher dispatcher = request.getEventDispatcher();
         String event = MavenEvents.REACTOR_EXECUTION;
 
-        // TODO: goals are outer loop
         dispatcher.dispatchStart( event, request.getBaseDirectory() );
 
         List projects;