diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4ab2fd4..bff66f1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ dependencies {
             'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator',
             "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation",
             "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security",
-            //"org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:5.1.5.RELEASE",
 
             // pin Prometheus client to 0.6.0 to prevent auto prefixing counter metrics with "_total"
             // see: https://github.com/prometheus/client_java/issues/640, https://github.com/prometheus/client_java/pull/653