diff --git a/lib/_http_incoming.js b/lib/_http_incoming.js
index 581f62f129f120..6e66ae6d42a9c0 100644
--- a/lib/_http_incoming.js
+++ b/lib/_http_incoming.js
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ exports.readStop = readStop;
 function IncomingMessage(socket) {
   Stream.Readable.call(this);
 
-  // XXX This implementation is kind of all over the place
-  // When the parser emits body chunks, they go in this list.
-  // _read() pulls them out, and when it finds EOF, it ends.
-
   this.socket = socket;
   this.connection = socket;