diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/ImageCheckRequirementsTask.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/ImageCheckRequirementsTask.java
index 53177fc0028b2..d24b82ad79e41 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/ImageCheckRequirementsTask.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/ImageCheckRequirementsTask.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Optional<ImageCheckRequirementsTask.Builder> builderFromSystemProperties() {
     }
 
     List<ImageCheckRequirementsTask.Builder> availableBuilders() throws IOException {
-        // This will pick up all dependencies set in the serialized ApplicationModel.
+        // This will only pickup direct dependencies and not transitives
         // This means that extensions like quarkus-container-image-openshift via quarkus-openshift are not picked up
         // So, let's relax our filters a bit so that we can pickup quarkus-openshift directly (relax the prefix requirement).
         ApplicationModel appModel = ToolingUtils.deserializeAppModel(getApplicationModel().get().getAsFile().toPath());