diff --git a/runtime/include/module_database.h b/runtime/include/module_database.h
index a04073a..3d65eee 100644
--- a/runtime/include/module_database.h
+++ b/runtime/include/module_database.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ module_database_add(struct module *module)
 {
 	assert(module->socket_descriptor == -1);
 
-	/* __sync_fetch_and_add is provided by GCC */
 	int f = __sync_fetch_and_add(&module_database_free_offset, 1);
 	assert(f < MODULE_MAX_MODULE_COUNT);
 	module_database[f] = module;