diff --git a/packages/cli/src/zosfiles/compare/CompareBaseHelper.ts b/packages/cli/src/zosfiles/compare/CompareBaseHelper.ts
index 1eb1a17efa..be2ef09872 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/zosfiles/compare/CompareBaseHelper.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/zosfiles/compare/CompareBaseHelper.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ export class CompareBaseHelper {
         try {
             try {
                 // check if the path given is of a file or not
-                // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-magic-numbers
                 localFileHandle = fs.openSync(localFile, 'r');
                 if(!fs.fstatSync(localFileHandle).isFile()){
                     throw new ImperativeError({