diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/WebAuthenticationDetails.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/WebAuthenticationDetails.java
index 5ac2120046..eaa8e2647f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/WebAuthenticationDetails.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/WebAuthenticationDetails.java
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ public class WebAuthenticationDetails implements SessionIdentifierAware, Seriali
     //~ Constructors ===================================================================================================
 
     /**
-     * NB: This constructor will cause a <code>HttpSession</code> to be created
-     * (this is considered reasonable as all Spring Security authentication
-     * requests rely on <code>HttpSession</code> to store the
-     * <code>Authentication</code> between requests.
+     * Records the remote address and will also set the session Id if a session
+     * already exists (it won't create one).
      *
      * @param request that the authentication request was received from
      */
@@ -54,10 +52,6 @@ public class WebAuthenticationDetails implements SessionIdentifierAware, Seriali
         doPopulateAdditionalInformation(request);
     }
 
-    protected WebAuthenticationDetails() {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot use default constructor");
-    }
-
     //~ Methods ========================================================================================================
 
     /**