diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6ad165f3abb06..122ace7e39776 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10780,10 +10780,6 @@ rm -rf conftest*
 
 fi
 
-   # Autoconf 2.69's AC_SYS_LARGEFILE believes it's a good idea to #define
-   # _DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE, but it isn't: on OS X 10.5 that activates a
-   # bug that causes readdir() to sometimes return EINVAL.  On later OS X
-   # versions where the feature actually works, it's on by default anyway.
 
 fi
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index aa23f9b8a0fd0..0f3e0ccdd0c2c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1155,10 +1155,10 @@ esac
 # defines can affect what is generated for that.
 if test "$PORTNAME" != "win32"; then
    AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
-   # Autoconf 2.69's AC_SYS_LARGEFILE believes it's a good idea to #define
-   # _DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE, but it isn't: on OS X 10.5 that activates a
-   # bug that causes readdir() to sometimes return EINVAL.  On later OS X
-   # versions where the feature actually works, it's on by default anyway.
+   dnl Autoconf 2.69's AC_SYS_LARGEFILE believes it's a good idea to #define
+   dnl _DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE, but it isn't: on OS X 10.5 that activates a
+   dnl bug that causes readdir() to sometimes return EINVAL.  On later OS X
+   dnl versions where the feature actually works, it's on by default anyway.
    AH_VERBATIM([_DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE],[])
 fi