diff --git a/src/PHPMailer.php b/src/PHPMailer.php
index e8daab11..cd08ad63 100644
--- a/src/PHPMailer.php
+++ b/src/PHPMailer.php
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ class PHPMailer
      */
     public function setFrom($address, $name = '', $auto = true)
     {
-        $address = trim((string) $address); //trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated from PHP8.1 ... 
+        $address = trim((string)$address);
         $name = trim(preg_replace('/[\r\n]+/', '', $name)); //Strip breaks and trim
         //Don't validate now addresses with IDN. Will be done in send().
         $pos = strrpos($address, '@');