diff --git a/bin/sh/options.c b/bin/sh/options.c
index 4c2c8ab8e3ec..ad0291e73a39 100644
--- a/bin/sh/options.c
+++ b/bin/sh/options.c
@@ -531,10 +531,6 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * XXX - should get rid of.  have all builtins use getopt(3).  the
- * library getopt must have the BSD extension static variable "optreset"
- * otherwise it can't be used within the shell safely.
- *
  * Standard option processing (a la getopt) for builtin routines.  The
  * only argument that is passed to nextopt is the option string; the
  * other arguments are unnecessary.  It return the character, or '\0' on