diff --git a/src/data/list/prod_monoid.lean b/src/data/list/prod_monoid.lean
index 2a4a6a018148e..6e5da7765b1bb 100644
--- a/src/data/list/prod_monoid.lean
+++ b/src/data/list/prod_monoid.lean
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import data.list.big_operators
 # Products / sums of lists of terms of a monoid
 
 This file provides basic results about `list.prod` (definition in `data.list.defs`) in a monoid.
-It is in a separate file so that `data.list.big_operators` does not depend on
-`algebra.group_power.basic`.
 -/
 
 open nat