diff --git a/src/hbfont.c b/src/hbfont.c
index 392414e910916c0e11873221ec8ab312e189d5d8..10eed691aed31cb9a7e19ef0e47ec20dce63b41d 100644
--- a/src/hbfont.c
+++ b/src/hbfont.c
@@ -260,9 +260,7 @@ get_hb_unicode_funcs (void)
   return funcs;
 }
 
-/* HarfBuzz implementation of shape for font backend.  See the
-   commentary before uniscribe_shape for the meaning of the
-   arguments.
+/* HarfBuzz implementation of shape for font backend.
 
    Shape text in LGSTRING.  See the docstring of
    'composition-get-gstring' for the format of LGSTRING.  If the