diff --git a/server/embedded/src/main/resources/labkey-defaults.properties b/server/embedded/src/main/resources/labkey-defaults.properties
index 4f2849b8a3..01a72a7de6 100644
--- a/server/embedded/src/main/resources/labkey-defaults.properties
+++ b/server/embedded/src/main/resources/labkey-defaults.properties
@@ -66,5 +66,4 @@ server.ssl.use-cipher-suites-order=true
 # GitHub Issue #1416 - default values for SMTP timeouts
 mail.smtpConnectionTimeout=10000
 mail.smtpTimeout=60000
-# Unlike the socket-level timeouts above, JavaMail implements writetimeout with a ScheduledThreadPool per connection - one per message, since Transport.send() doesn't pool
 mail.smtpWriteTimeout=60000