diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index be6257ea28..ad2d327e30 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -721,11 +721,6 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPool
                               fSpendsCoinbase, nSigOpsCost, lp);
         unsigned int nSize = entry.GetTxSize();
 
-        // Check that the transaction doesn't have an excessive number of
-        // sigops, making it impossible to mine. Since the coinbase transaction
-        // itself can contain sigops MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIGOPS is less than
-        // MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS; we still consider this an invalid rather than
-        // merely non-standard transaction.
         if (nSigOpsCost > MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIGOPS_COST)
             return state.DoS(0, false, REJECT_NONSTANDARD, "bad-txns-too-many-sigops", false,
                 strprintf("%d", nSigOpsCost));