diff --git a/src/libxrpl/ledger/helpers/RippleStateHelpers.cpp b/src/libxrpl/ledger/helpers/RippleStateHelpers.cpp
index 8ad31d39a1..836172c168 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/ledger/helpers/RippleStateHelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/ledger/helpers/RippleStateHelpers.cpp
@@ -593,9 +593,6 @@ requireAuth(ReadView const& view, Issue const& issue, AccountID const& account,
             // can never authorize its own line and no transaction offers the
             // issuer a chance to do it either. Treat a line it already owns as
             // authorized, the same way MPT does.
-            //
-            // Function-local rather than namespace scope: the SFields it points
-            // at live in another translation unit.
             static std::set<SField const*> const kPseudoAccountFilter{&sfVaultID, &sfLoanBrokerID};
             if (view.rules().enabled(fixCleanup3_4_0) &&
                 isPseudoAccount(view, account, kPseudoAccountFilter))