diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java
index d2e1979e76985..898fb248603ac 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@ private Query getWildcardQuerySingle(String field, String termStr) throws ParseE
                 throw new ParseException("'*' or '?' not allowed as first character in WildcardQuery");
             }
             return super.getWildcardQuery(indexedNameField, termStr);
-            // return currentFieldType.wildcardQuery(termStr, getMultiTermRewriteMethod(), context);
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             if (lenient) {
                 return newLenientFieldQuery(field, e);