diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b01f2141f64..4177c11cab9 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ below.  Emacs tries to warn you about these through `bad-packages-alist'.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 22.2
 
-** The Gtk+ build now uses stock tool bar icons, so that a theme change
-is visible in Emacs tool bar.
-
 ** `browse-url-emacs' loads a URL into an Emacs buffer.  Handy for *.el URLs.
 
 ** `bad-packages-alist' will warn about external packages that are known