diff --git a/oauth2_http/java/com/google/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthException.java b/oauth2_http/java/com/google/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthException.java
index bcb15209f..a8b843877 100644
--- a/oauth2_http/java/com/google/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthException.java
+++ b/oauth2_http/java/com/google/auth/oauth2/GoogleAuthException.java
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ static GoogleAuthException createWithTokenEndpointIOException(
       IOException ioException, String message) {
 
     if (message == null) {
-      // TODO: temporarily setting retry Count to service account default to remove a direct
-      // dependency, to be reverted after release
       return new GoogleAuthException(true, OAuth2Utils.DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_RETRIES, ioException);
     } else {
       return new GoogleAuthException(