diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c5240942f2..97e922cc41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -591,9 +591,6 @@ SPATCH_FLAGS = --all-includes --patch .
 
 ### --- END CONFIGURATION SECTION ---
 
-# Those must not be GNU-specific; they are shared with perl/ which may
-# be built by a different compiler. (Note that this is an artifact now
-# but it still might be nice to keep that distinction.)
 BASIC_CFLAGS = -I.
 BASIC_LDFLAGS =