diff --git a/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py b/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py
index 2aadfe652..074ec601e 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/parser/test_parse.py
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ def test_overfitting_IO(pipe_name):
         train_examples.append(Example.from_dict(nlp.make_doc(text), annotations))
         for dep in annotations.get("deps", []):
             parser.add_label(dep)
-    # train_examples = train_examples[:1]
     optimizer = nlp.initialize()
     # run overfitting
     for i in range(200):