diff --git a/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go b/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
index 1c7ae190a36b..29080d4b4643 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ func loadManagementToken(dir string) (string, error) {
 	name := filepath.Join(dir, tokenFileName)
 	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(name)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		// A missing management token is not an error, if none was provided by HCP
 		return "", errors.New("configuration files on disk are incomplete, missing: " + name)
 	}
 	if err != nil {