diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index ea353f2a7213d3dbdaaefecf8654cbdfd395cdd5..e85b5dca2b73b16f1a15d957f011200dd5044948 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -6843,8 +6843,6 @@ fn parse_item_(
     }
 
     /// Parse one of the items allowed by the flags.
-    /// NB: this function no longer parses the items inside an
-    /// extern crate.
     fn parse_item_implementation(
         &mut self,
         attrs: Vec<Attribute>,