diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 0bc3321923..d4a8dca416 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ uninstall-headers:
 
 .PHONY: all depend dep clean distclean install* uninstall*
 
-#
-# include dependency files if they exist
-#
 ifneq ($(wildcard .depend),)
 include .depend
 endif