diff --git a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
index f1796c2a6..ae7ed6423 100644
--- a/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/src/etc/poms/ant/pom.xml
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
   <description>Apache Ant</description>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <!-- the implementation jar of the xerces jar will be used by ant to parse
-        XML files, particularly the build files, if the JDK does not provide a parser
-        xercesImpl.jar is provided with ant -->
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant-launcher</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>