diff --git a/java/com/google/domain/registry/env/common/backend/WEB-INF/web.xml b/java/com/google/domain/registry/env/common/backend/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 4071bb586..c6a2889b6 100644
--- a/java/com/google/domain/registry/env/common/backend/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/java/com/google/domain/registry/env/common/backend/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     and streaming it to cloud storage. Requests are sent here by App Engine after
     `RdeCreateCronServlet` enqueues a task specifying a URL that points to this servlet.
   -->
-  </servlet>
   <servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>backend-servlet</servlet-name>
     <url-pattern>/_dr/task/rdeStaging</url-pattern>