diff --git a/src/parser/OTF2Parser/ParserOTF2.cpp b/src/parser/OTF2Parser/ParserOTF2.cpp
index 849546c485033bb42024bd9681ed7d8d4999421b..908877164754bb4f71c24d8586cbdf306479d511 100644
--- a/src/parser/OTF2Parser/ParserOTF2.cpp
+++ b/src/parser/OTF2Parser/ParserOTF2.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void ParserOTF2::parse(Trace &trace,
 
     OTF2_Reader_Close(reader);
 
-    if (finish_trace_after_parse) { // true by default
+    if (finish_trace_after_parse) {
         finish();
         trace.finish();
     }