diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f3bb3b..c941e93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,27 +111,3 @@ creates a circular import problem. The solution to this is the following:
 2. Use forward references in the type annotations (e.g. `def methodname(self, param1: 'othermodule.OtherClass'):`)
 
 On Python 3.7, you can even use `from __future__ import annotations` and remove the quotes.
-
-## Using type hint comments
-
-If you\'re documenting code that needs to stay compatible with Python 2.7, you cannot use regular type annotations.
-Instead, you must either be using Python 3.8 or later or have [typed_ast](https://pypi.org/project/typed-ast/)
-installed. The package extras `type_comments` will pull in the appropriate dependencies automatically. Then you can add
-type hint comments in the following manner:
-
-```python
-def myfunction(arg1, arg2):
-    # type: (int, str) -> int
-    return 42
-```
-
-or alternatively:
-
-```python
-def myfunction(
-    arg1,  # type: int
-    arg2,  # type: str
-):
-    # type: (...) -> int
-    return 42
-```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3856d30..65d419d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ optional-dependencies.testing = [
   "sphobjinv>=2.3.1",
   "typing-extensions>=4.6.3",
 ]
-optional-dependencies.type-comment = [
-  'typed-ast>=1.5.4; python_version < "3.8"',
-]
 urls.Changelog = "https://github.com/tox-dev/sphinx-autodoc-typehints/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 urls.Homepage = "https://github.com/tox-dev/sphinx-autodoc-typehints"
 urls.Source = "https://github.com/tox-dev/sphinx-autodoc-typehints"