diff --git a/web3/_utils/validation.py b/web3/_utils/validation.py
index 4ba2441676..f2e1d51a4a 100644
--- a/web3/_utils/validation.py
+++ b/web3/_utils/validation.py
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ def validate_address(value: Any) -> None:
         if not is_valid_domain(value):
             raise InvalidAddress("Address needs to be a full domain name including a TLD", value)
         return
-    # # buildTransaction fills in the 'to' field with an empty
-    # # bytestring if no address is provided.
-    # if value == b'':
-    #     return
     if is_bytes(value):
         if not is_binary_address(value):
             raise InvalidAddress("Address must be 20 bytes when input type is bytes", value)