diff --git a/libraries/joomla/updater/update.php b/libraries/joomla/updater/update.php
index 291371f08f54f..e8053c60002ef 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/updater/update.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/updater/update.php
@@ -391,9 +391,6 @@ public function _characterData($parser, $data)
 	{
 		$tag = $this->_getLastTag();
 
-		// @todo remove code: if(!isset($this->$tag->_data)) $this->$tag->_data = '';
-		// @todo remove code: $this->$tag->_data .= $data;
-
 		// Throw the data for this item together
 		$tag = strtolower($tag);