diff --git a/lib/languages b/lib/languages
index a39c5c7528..2ae77bc977 100644
--- a/lib/languages
+++ b/lib/languages
@@ -845,9 +845,6 @@ Language italian
 	LangCode         it_IT
 End
 
-# japanese must be loaded locally with babel options,
-# not globally via class options
-# http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/4597#c4
 # Since japanese does not load fontenc, we set
 # InternalEncoding to true.
 Language japanese