diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/utils.py b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/utils.py
index 4827a52da..3bb48d515 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/utils.py
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/utils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def is_api_key_exc(e: Exception):
         Determine if the exception is an AI21 API key error.
         """
         if isinstance(e, ValueError):
-            # Check if the exception message contains "status code 401"
             return "status code 401" in str(e)
         return False