diff --git a/include/mariadb_com.h b/include/mariadb_com.h
index 6251ff86b..efbe042f5 100644
--- a/include/mariadb_com.h
+++ b/include/mariadb_com.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ enum enum_server_command
   COM_UNSUPPORTED= 30,
   COM_RESET_CONNECTION = 31,
   COM_STMT_BULK_EXECUTE = 250,
-  COM_MULTI = 254,
+  COM_RESERVED_1 = 254, /* former COM_MULTI, now removed */
   COM_END
 };
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ enum enum_server_command
 /* MariaDB specific capabilities */
 #define MARIADB_CLIENT_FLAGS 0xFFFFFFFF00000000ULL
 #define MARIADB_CLIENT_PROGRESS (1ULL << 32)
-#define MARIADB_CLIENT_COM_MULTI (1ULL << 33)
+#define MARIADB_CLIENT_RESERVED_1 (1ULL << 33) /* Former COM_MULTI, don't use */
 #define MARIADB_CLIENT_STMT_BULK_OPERATIONS (1ULL << 34)
 /* support of extended data type/format information, since 10.5.0 */
 #define MARIADB_CLIENT_EXTENDED_METADATA (1ULL << 35)
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ enum enum_server_command
         (!(mysql->server_capabilities & CLIENT_MYSQL))
 
 #define MARIADB_CLIENT_SUPPORTED_FLAGS (MARIADB_CLIENT_PROGRESS |\
-                                       MARIADB_CLIENT_COM_MULTI |\
                                        MARIADB_CLIENT_STMT_BULK_OPERATIONS|\
                                        MARIADB_CLIENT_EXTENDED_METADATA)
 
diff --git a/libmariadb/ma_net.c b/libmariadb/ma_net.c
index 29e35d0c2..b1c999318 100644
--- a/libmariadb/ma_net.c
+++ b/libmariadb/ma_net.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int ma_net_flush(NET *net)
 {
   int error=0;
 
-  /* don't flush if com_multi is in progress */
+  /* don't flush if pipelined query is in progress */
   if (net->extension->multi_status > COM_MULTI_OFF)
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
index 6319126aa..9c0704d27 100644
--- a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
+++ b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ int ma_multi_command(MYSQL *mysql, enum enum_multi_status status)
   {
     size_t len= net->write_pos - net->buff - NET_HEADER_SIZE;
 
-    if (len < NET_HEADER_SIZE) /* don't send empty COM_MULTI */
+    if (len < NET_HEADER_SIZE) /* don't send empty request */
     {
       ma_net_clear(net);
       return 1;
diff --git a/plugins/trace/trace_example.c b/plugins/trace/trace_example.c
index 93b1e55ed..816b8c06c 100644
--- a/plugins/trace/trace_example.c
+++ b/plugins/trace/trace_example.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ static const char *commands[]= {
   "COM_SET_OPTION",
   "COM_STMT_FETCH",
   "COM_DAEMON",
-  "COM_MULTI",
   "COM_END"
 };