diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix
index 1cd195a3132db..79db7e710b063 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 {lib, stdenv, fetchurl, m4, perl}:
 
-# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
-# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
-# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
-# files.
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libtool";
   version = "1.5.26";