diff --git a/lisp/term/linux.el b/lisp/term/linux.el
index 60bf91fcf52..f24af3f1344 100644
--- a/lisp/term/linux.el
+++ b/lisp/term/linux.el
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 ;; The Linux console handles Latin-1 by default.
 
-(declare-function gpm-mouse-enable "t-mouse" ())
-
 (defun terminal-init-linux ()
   "Terminal initialization function for linux."
   (unless (terminal-coding-system)
@@ -15,13 +13,11 @@
   ;; Compositions confuse cursor movement.
   (setq-default auto-composition-mode "linux")
 
-  ;; Don't translate ESC TAB to backtab as directed
-  ;; by ncurses-6.3.
+  ;; Don't translate ESC TAB to backtab as directed by ncurses-6.3.
   (define-key input-decode-map "\e\t" nil)
   
   ;; Make Latin-1 input characters work, too.
-  ;; Meta will continue to work, because the kernel
-  ;; turns that into Escape.
+  ;; Meta will continue to work, because the kernel turns that into Escape.
 
   ;; The arg only matters in that it is not t or nil.
   (set-input-meta-mode 'iso-latin-1))