diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index c286ad0c15d..c321e71c965 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# This is an example .flake8 config, used when developing *Black* itself.
-# Keep in sync with setup.cfg which is used for source packages.
-
 [flake8]
 ignore = E203, E266, E501, W503
 max-line-length = 80