diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6bd6bef1c4..789dcde3ea 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1189,9 +1189,6 @@ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([BSD_SYSCTL_SRC],
 GIT_CONF_SUBST([HAVE_BSD_SYSCTL])
 
 ## Other checks.
-# Define USE_PIC if you need the main git objects to be built with -fPIC
-# in order to build and link perl/Git.so.  x86-64 seems to need this.
-#
 # Define NO_SYMLINK_HEAD if you never want .git/HEAD to be a symbolic link.
 # Enable it on Windows.  By default, symrefs are still used.
 #