diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/optimization/filterrewrite/TreeTraversal.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/optimization/filterrewrite/TreeTraversal.java
index 65a72bbbc89fd..f6415a43e995b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/optimization/filterrewrite/TreeTraversal.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/optimization/filterrewrite/TreeTraversal.java
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ public PointValues.Relation compare(byte[] minPackedValue, byte[] maxPackedValue
             if (!ranges.withinUpperBound(minPackedValue, activeIndex) && iterateRangeEnd(minPackedValue)) {
                 throw new CollectionTerminatedException();
             }
-
-            // DOES THIS CONDITION EVER RUN?
-
+            
             // after the loop, min < upper
             // cell could be outside [min max] lower
             if (!ranges.withinLowerBound(maxPackedValue, activeIndex) && iterateRangeEnd(maxPackedValue)) {