diff --git a/lisp/play/spook.el b/lisp/play/spook.el
index 08c31d3878b..d2ecd3a62cc 100644
--- a/lisp/play/spook.el
+++ b/lisp/play/spook.el
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@
 		"Checking authorization..."
 		"Checking authorization...Approved"))
 
-;; Note: the implementation that used to take up most of this file has been
-;; cleaned up, generalized, gratuitously broken by esr, and now resides in
-;; cookie1.el.
-
 (provide 'spook)
 
 ;;; spook.el ends here