diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index ec52083e..b967243d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep)
 			satisfy = (dep->mod == PM_DEP_MOD_ANY
 					&& strcmp(provname, dep->name) == 0);
 		} else {
-			/* replace the space with a NULL byte, and advance ptr the version */
 			*provver = '\0';
 			provver += 1;
 			satisfy = (strcmp(provname, dep->name) == 0