diff --git a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jjs/impl/GwtAstBuilder.java b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jjs/impl/GwtAstBuilder.java
index 2879c58f07..fb6585e944 100644
--- a/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jjs/impl/GwtAstBuilder.java
+++ b/dev/core/src/com/google/gwt/dev/jjs/impl/GwtAstBuilder.java
@@ -3612,7 +3612,7 @@ private void pushNewExpression(SourceInfo info, AllocationExpression x, Expressi
         // Synthetic locals for local classes
         if (targetBinding.syntheticOuterLocalVariables() != null) {
           for (SyntheticArgumentBinding arg : targetBinding.syntheticOuterLocalVariables()) {
-            LocalVariableBinding targetVariable = arg.actualOuterLocalVariable;// this may be wrong too
+            LocalVariableBinding targetVariable = arg.actualOuterLocalVariable;
             VariableBinding[] path = scope.getEmulationPath(targetVariable);
             assert path.length == 1;
             if (curMethod.scope.isInsideInitializer()