diff --git a/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/CoreConstants.java b/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/CoreConstants.java
index f4430e3446..3afee877c1 100644
--- a/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/CoreConstants.java
+++ b/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/CoreConstants.java
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ public class CoreConstants {
      */
     public static final int CORE_POOL_SIZE = 0;
 
-    // Apparently ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor has limitation where a task cannot be
-    // submitted from within a running task unless the pool has worker threads already available.
-    // ThreadPoolExecutor does not have this limitation.
-    // This causes tests failures in SocketReceiverTest.testDispatchEventForEnabledLevel and
-    // ServerSocketReceiverFunctionalTest.testLogEventFromClient.
-    // We thus set a pool size > 0 for tests to pass.
     public static final int SCHEDULED_EXECUTOR_POOL_SIZE = 2;
 
     /**
diff --git a/logback-core/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/core/SchedulerTest.java b/logback-core/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/core/SchedulerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c86211398a..0000000000
--- a/logback-core/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/core/SchedulerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-package ch.qos.logback.core;public class SchedulerTest {
-}