diff --git a/compile.go b/compile.go
index 5aa0a5c..14b6b1e 100644
--- a/compile.go
+++ b/compile.go
@@ -703,7 +703,6 @@ func thompson(re []postfixNode) (Reg, error) {
 
 			// Replace ESC_BACKSLASH with actual backslash, so that we can actually check if we encounter it
 			replaceByValue([]int(state.content), int(ESC_BACKSLASH), '\\')
-			// Uncommenting this seems to make one of the test cases fail. Why?
 			replaceByValue(state.except, ESC_BACKSLASH, '\\')
 
 			nfa = append(nfa, &state)