diff --git a/usr.bin/mt/mt.c b/usr.bin/mt/mt.c
index 3f48d39c61ce..95ef836c6cad 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mt/mt.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mt/mt.c
@@ -312,10 +312,6 @@ struct tape_desc {
 	char	*t_dsbits;	/* "drive status" register */
 	char	*t_erbits;	/* "error" register */
 } tapes[] = {
-	/*
-	 * XXX This is weird.  The st driver reports the tape drive
-	 * as 0x7 (MT_ISAR - Sun/Archive compatible).
-	 */
 	{ MT_ISAR,	"SCSI tape drive", 0,		0 },
 	{ 0, NULL, 0, 0 }
 };