diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 2399b6818be6dd..4ff9077c879c12 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -1811,9 +1811,6 @@ static void invalidate_ce_path(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 /*
  * Check that checking out ce->sha1 in subdir ce->name is not
  * going to overwrite any working files.
- *
- * Currently, git does not checkout subprojects during a superproject
- * checkout, so it is not going to overwrite anything.
  */
 static int verify_clean_submodule(const char *old_sha1,
 				  const struct cache_entry *ce,