diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
index 784226e396fe..0f1dbd87eb48 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -474,9 +474,6 @@ When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format.
 See the files Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst and scripts/kernel-doc
 for details.
 
-Linux style for comments is the C89 "/* ... */" style.
-Don't use C99-style "// ..." comments.
-
 The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is:
 
 	/*