diff --git a/lib/ArduinoJson/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp b/lib/ArduinoJson/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp
index fbeb05df2..1b153a7ca 100644
--- a/lib/ArduinoJson/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp
+++ b/lib/ArduinoJson/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
   template <typename TFilter>
   bool parseVariant(VariantData *variant, TFilter filter,
                     NestingLimit nestingLimit) {
-    uint8_t code = 0;  // TODO: why do we need to initialize this variable?
+    uint8_t code = 0;
     if (!readByte(code))
       return false;