diff --git a/crates/mdbook-html/src/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs b/crates/mdbook-html/src/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
index 1c7f0100..05eb61ff 100644
--- a/crates/mdbook-html/src/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
+++ b/crates/mdbook-html/src/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ fn make_data(
);
}
- // TODO: remove default_theme in 0.5, it is not needed.
let default_theme = match html_config.default_theme {
Some(ref theme) => theme.to_lowercase(),
None => "light".to_string(),