diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
index 1ff676cc6473..29e2c9719c30 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
-/*
- *	IDE library routines. These are plug in code that most 
- *	drivers can use but occasionally may be weird enough
- *	to want to do their own thing with
- *
- *	Add common non I/O op stuff here. Make sure it has proper
- *	kernel-doc function headers or your patch will be rejected
- */
-
 static const char *udma_str[] =
 	 { "UDMA/16", "UDMA/25",  "UDMA/33",  "UDMA/44",
 	   "UDMA/66", "UDMA/100", "UDMA/133", "UDMA7" };