diff --git a/c/src/lib/libc/syscalls.c b/c/src/lib/libc/syscalls.c
index 1ffd586d79..9c59933769 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libc/syscalls.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libc/syscalls.c
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-/*
- *  check this newlib bug?:
- *
- *  newlib/libc/stdio/makebuf.c:
- *
- *  2nd ifdef uses 1024 instead of BUFSIZ
- *  2nd check lets fp blksize be 0
- *  finally look at the malloc
- */
-
 /*
  *  fstat, stat, and isatty must lie consistently and report that everything
  *  is a tty or stdout will not be line buffered.