diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_ntptime.c b/sys/kern/kern_ntptime.c
index 54c4b06b4f6a..c427ac451349 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_ntptime.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_ntptime.c
@@ -453,10 +453,6 @@ ntp_adjtime(struct thread *td, struct ntp_adjtime_args *uap)
 	if (error)
 		goto done2;
 
-	/*
-	 * Status word error decode. See comments in
-	 * ntp_gettime() routine.
-	 */
 	if (ntp_is_time_error())
 		td->td_retval[0] = TIME_ERROR;
 	else