diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/ftp/parser/VMSVersioningFTPEntryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/ftp/parser/VMSVersioningFTPEntryParser.java
index 71a2af140..4acad9023 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/ftp/parser/VMSVersioningFTPEntryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/net/ftp/parser/VMSVersioningFTPEntryParser.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ public VMSVersioningFTPEntryParser() {
     public VMSVersioningFTPEntryParser(final FTPClientConfig config) {
         configure(config);
         try {
-            // _preparse_matcher_ = new Perl5Matcher();
             preparsePattern = Pattern.compile(PRE_PARSE_REGEX);
         } catch (final PatternSyntaxException pse) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unparseable regex supplied:  " + PRE_PARSE_REGEX);