diff --git a/spacy/errors.py b/spacy/errors.py
index 5d0194ed6..c31765e02 100644
--- a/spacy/errors.py
+++ b/spacy/errors.py
@@ -943,7 +943,6 @@ class Errors(metaclass=ErrorsWithCodes):
              "case pass an empty list for the previously not specified argument to avoid this error.")
     E1043 = ("Expected None or a value in range [{range_start}, {range_end}] for entity linker threshold, but got "
              "{value}.")
-    # E1044 is unused
     E1045 = ("Encountered {parent} subclass without `{parent}.{method}` "
              "method in '{name}'. If you want to use this method, make "
              "sure it's overwritten on the subclass.")