diff --git a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/string/StringEncoder.java b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/string/StringEncoder.java
index 5e5279e0ed..52cf10ef63 100644
--- a/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/string/StringEncoder.java
+++ b/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/string/StringEncoder.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 @Sharable
 public class StringEncoder extends MessageToMessageEncoder<CharSequence> {
 
-    // TODO Use CharsetEncoder instead.
     private final Charset charset;
 
     /**