diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ServletUtils.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ServletUtils.java
index 1336d6e93..c7fbaf60a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ServletUtils.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ServletUtils.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public final class ServletUtils {
 			throws IOException {
 		InputStream in = req.getInputStream();
 		final String enc = req.getHeader(HDR_CONTENT_ENCODING);
-		if (ENCODING_GZIP.equals(enc) || ENCODING_X_GZIP.equals(enc)) //$NON-NLS-1$
+		if (ENCODING_GZIP.equals(enc) || ENCODING_X_GZIP.equals(enc))
 			in = new GZIPInputStream(in);
 		else if (enc != null)
 			throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format(HttpServerText.get().encodingNotSupportedByThisLibrary