diff --git a/extensions/micrometer/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/micrometer/runtime/binder/HttpCommonTags.java b/extensions/micrometer/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/micrometer/runtime/binder/HttpCommonTags.java
index 6a614230fab5c..5e1c2340153d3 100644
--- a/extensions/micrometer/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/micrometer/runtime/binder/HttpCommonTags.java
+++ b/extensions/micrometer/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/micrometer/runtime/binder/HttpCommonTags.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public static Tag uri(String pathInfo, String initialPath, int code) {
                 }
             } else if (code == 404) {
                 if (isTemplatedPath(pathInfo, initialPath)) {
-                    // only include the path info if it has been matched by the caller to a template to avoid a metrics explosion with lots of not found paths
                     return Tag.of("uri", pathInfo);
                 } else {
                     return URI_NOT_FOUND;