diff --git a/cpp/graph_powerlaw.hpp b/cpp/graph_powerlaw.hpp
index bd6eaee6790916f5583bac67db0ce83135ba6d93..0959059f0891d7cfe110236ff1dee6e5954df9ba 100644
--- a/cpp/graph_powerlaw.hpp
+++ b/cpp/graph_powerlaw.hpp
@@ -15,13 +15,10 @@ void generatePowerlawGraph(int n, float tau, Graph& g, DegreeSequence& ds,
     for (int i = 1;; ++i) {
         std::generate(ds.begin(), ds.end(),
                       [&degDist, &rng] { return degDist(rng); });
-        // First make the sum even
+        // First check if the sum is even
         unsigned int sum = std::accumulate(ds.begin(), ds.end(), 0);
-        if (sum % 2) {
+        if (sum % 2)
             continue;
-            // Can we do this: ??
-            ds.back()++;
-        }
 
         if (g.createFromDegreeSequence(ds))
             break;
@@ -41,10 +38,8 @@ void generateCanonicalPowerlawGraph(int n, float tau, Graph &g,
     degDist.getFixedDistribution(n, ds.begin());
 
     unsigned int sum = std::accumulate(ds.begin(), ds.end(), 0);
-    if (sum % 2) {
-        //TODO: Can we do this: ??
+    if (sum % 2)
         ds.back()++;
-    }
 
     if (g.createFromDegreeSequence(ds))
         return;