diff --git a/webapp/src/main/java/com/box/l10n/mojito/service/thirdparty/ThirdPartyTMSPhrase.java b/webapp/src/main/java/com/box/l10n/mojito/service/thirdparty/ThirdPartyTMSPhrase.java
index a0993ca715..6671722a32 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/java/com/box/l10n/mojito/service/thirdparty/ThirdPartyTMSPhrase.java
+++ b/webapp/src/main/java/com/box/l10n/mojito/service/thirdparty/ThirdPartyTMSPhrase.java
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ public PollableFuture<Void> pull(
       List<TextUnitDTO> textUnitDTOS =
           mapper.mapToTextUnits(AndroidStringDocumentReader.fromText(fileContent));
 
+      // make sure that the source comment does not get replicated to all translations. Eventually we may want to
+      // communicate some comments, but anyway it should not be the source comment
+      textUnitDTOS.forEach(t -> t.setComment(null));
+
       textUnitBatchImporterService.importTextUnits(textUnitDTOS, false, true);
     }