diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 818f25c658..ee2bcd5b67 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@
 					<!-- `mvn javadoc:javadoc` to generate target/site/apidocs in each module -->
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-					<!-- Downgrade to avoid https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-700 -->
 					<version>3.5.0</version>
 				</plugin>