diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 3590f022a609cf7828c259b9485503fd3cda9683..9500339ae0249d29163261bb489475e90a924a09 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ int kobject_rename(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
 	envp[1] = NULL;
-	/* Note : if we want to send the new name alone, not the full path,
-	 * we could probably use kobject_name(kobj); */
 
 	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);