diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/audit/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/AuditIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/audit/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/AuditIT.java
index c89bcf902284d..e6af9c634e72f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/audit/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/AuditIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/audit/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/AuditIT.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public class AuditIT extends ESRestTestCase {
 
     private static final String API_USER = "api_user";
     private static final DateTimeFormatter TSTAMP_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss,SSSZ");
-    // private final
 
     @ClassRule
     public static ElasticsearchCluster cluster = ElasticsearchCluster.local()