diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c
index 3ae421ba3..15089df70 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.c
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ sudoers_policy_init(void *info, char * const envp[])
 		    N_("problem with defaults entries"));
 	    }
         } else {
-	    /* XXX - used to send mail for sudoers parse errors. */
 	    TAILQ_REMOVE(snl, nss, entries);
         }
     }