diff --git a/specification/dartLangSpec.tex b/specification/dartLangSpec.tex
index 6bd53c0d63..e6e050b8bf 100644
--- a/specification/dartLangSpec.tex
+++ b/specification/dartLangSpec.tex
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 % version of the language which will actually be specified by the next stable
 % release of this document.
 %
+% Sep 2025
+% - Remove the rules about DartDoc comments. This topic is now handled by each
+%   of the tools that process those comments in any way.
+%
 % Jul 2025
 % - Clarify that operator `[]` and `[]=` are included in the `void` allowlist
 %   rule about formal parameters of type `void`, and so are setters.
@@ -23406,40 +23410,15 @@ \subsubsection{Comments}
 Dart supports both single-line and multi-line comments.
 A \Index{single line comment} begins with the token \code{//}.
 Everything between \code{//} and the end of line
-must be ignored by the Dart compiler
-unless the comment is a documentation comment.
+must be ignored by the Dart compiler.
 
 \LMHash{}%
 A \Index{multi-line comment} begins with the token \code{/*}
 and ends with the token \code{*/}.
-Everything between \code{/}* and \code{*}/
-must be ignored by the Dart compiler
-unless the comment is a documentation comment.
+Everything between \code{/*} and \code{*/}
+must be ignored by the Dart compiler.
 Comments may nest.
 
-\LMHash{}%
-\IndexCustom{Documentation comments}{documentation comments}
-are comments that begin with the tokens \code{///} or \code{/**}.
-Documentation comments are intended to be processed by
-a tool that produces human readable documentation.
-
-\LMHash{}%
-The current scope for a documentation comment immediately preceding
-the declaration of a class $C$ is the
-\IndexCustom{body scope}{scope!for statement body}
-of $C$.
-
-\LMHash{}%
-The current scope for a documentation comment immediately preceding
-the declaration of a non-redirecting generative constructor $k$
-with initializing formals is the formal parameter initializer scope of $k$
-(\ref{generativeConstructors}).
-
-\LMHash{}%
-Otherwise, the current scope for a documentation comment immediately preceding
-the declaration of a function $f$ is the formal parameter scope of $f$
-(\ref{formalParameters}).
-
 
 \subsection{Operator Precedence}
 \LMLabel{operatorPrecedence}