diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
index 0304e64398f..cebf330c8e4 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
@@ -247,8 +247,6 @@ module ModelValidation {
     )
   }
 
-  /**
-   */
   private string getInvalidModelOutput() {
     exists(string pred, AccessPath output, AccessPathToken part |
       sourceModel(_, _, _, _, _, _, output, _, _) and pred = "source"