diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
index 1ebfe224a606..40921cc3dafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
-  # NOTE: Remove `build-auxyaml_to_json.py` when no longer needed, see:
-  # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/commit/f7f72143e0f00ca5e0e6a798691805c53976ae31#0cc1139e3347f573ae1feee5b73dbc8a8a21fcfa
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x build-aux/git_version.py