diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index c0b9ce1d3..f1d3fb326 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -737,8 +737,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GMTIME_R
       /* thread-safe version */
-      /* We assume that the presense of localtime_r() proves the presense
-         of gmtime_r() which is a bit ugly but might work */
       struct tm keeptime;
       thistime = (struct tm *)gmtime_r(&data->set.timevalue, &keeptime);
 #else