diff --git a/java-cloud-bom/libraries-bom/pom.xml b/java-cloud-bom/libraries-bom/pom.xml
index 60f2005827ca..af9c15965a6e 100644
--- a/java-cloud-bom/libraries-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-cloud-bom/libraries-bom/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0                              http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <!-- adding comment for testing-->
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
   <version>26.87.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
diff --git a/java-cloud-bom/tests/pom.xml b/java-cloud-bom/tests/pom.xml
index 89e1e3c3489a..2ebb7cdc6da7 100644
--- a/java-cloud-bom/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/java-cloud-bom/tests/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
-  <!-- adding comment for testing-->
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>