diff --git a/releng.control/cc_config.xml b/releng.control/cc_config.xml
index 0d6e737840fff125457933049e2024ca1556b641..106dc1e804d8303425d9ecab89e778445c8e4e34 100644
--- a/releng.control/cc_config.xml
+++ b/releng.control/cc_config.xml
@@ -870,16 +870,17 @@
                     name="build.distribution"
                     value="wtp4x"/>
                 <!--
-                    remember to remove these "skips" as we approach a
-                    test or declared build
-                
+                    since we are not building anything for distribution in this job, 
+                    we are testing compilation only, 
+                    we can skip signing and normalization. 
+                    -->
                 <property
                     name="SKIP_JAR_SIGNING"
                     value="true"/>
                 <property
                     name="normalizeJarFiles"
                     value="false"/>
-                    -->
+                
             </ant>
         </schedule>
     </project>